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Oberon

Oberon was discovered by W. Herschel in 1787. It has a standoff distance of 582,600 km. Oberon is about as wide as the state of California is long, being 1520 km (1013 miles) in size.

The surface features of this moon are hard to distinguish in this image. The surface suggests that Oberon is one of the icy moons.

Last modified November 19, 2000 by Jennifer Bergman.

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