Moon
Oberon
Moon of Uranus
Moon of Uranus
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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 Herschel in 1787, Oberon is named after the mythical king of the fairies who appears as a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Its orbit lies partially outside Uranus's magnetosphere.
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Key facts
Distance
Orbits Uranus
Orbits
Uranus
Mean radius
761 km
Orbital period
13.5 days
Discovered
1787 · William Herschel
Orbits
Uranus
