In Science
- Uranus's secondmost inner moon was named after Ophelia after being discovered by Voyager 2 in 1986, and is one of the smallest moons in the solar system (with a diameter of only 16 km).
- 171 Ophelia is an asteroid in the asteroid belt.
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