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Ophelia
Ophelia was
discovered by Voyager 2 in 1986. It has a standoff distance of 53,760 km.
Ophelia one of the small moons, and is about as wide as the city of Los Angeles, just 30 km (20 miles). As a small moon, the composition and surface features are unknown.
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