Oberon (moon)
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Oberon is the outermost and second-largest major moon of the planet Uranus. It is the second-most massive of the Uranian moons, and the tenth-largest moon in the Solar System. Discovered by William He
Oberon, as imaged by Voyager 2, January 1986. A number of bright-rayed craters are visible, with the largest, Hamlet, at center. At the lower left limb rises an 11 km high mountain.
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Uranus
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Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical phase of matter, which astronomy calls
Oberon (moon)
…Oberon () is the outermost and second-largest major moon of the planet Uranus. It is the second-most massive of the Uranian moons, and the tenth-largest moon in the Solar System. Discovered by William Herschel in 1787, Oberon is…
William Herschel, discoverer of Uranus
Johann Elert Bode, the astronomer who suggested the name Uranus
Uranus seen through an amateur telescope, shortly after lunar occultation, during the November 2022 lunar eclipse
Size comparison of Earth and Uranus