171 Ophelia [SEP] discoverer or inventor
171 Ophelia
Ophelia (minor planet designation: 171 Ophelia) is a large, dark Themistian asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on 13 January 1877, and named after Ophelia in Shakespeare's "Hamlet".
This asteroid is a member of the Themis family of asteroids that share similar orbital elements. It probably has a primitive composition, similar to that of the carbonaceous chondrite meteorites.
A 1979 study of the Algol-like light curve produced by this asteroid concluded that it was possible to model the
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- "Ophelia", a painting by Arthur Hughes
- "Ophelia", an 1895 painting by Paul Albert Steck
- "Ophelia", any of several paintings by John William Waterhouse
Places.
- Ophelia (moon), a moon of Uranus
- 171 Ophelia, an asteroid
Ships.
- German hospital ship "Ophelia", a German hospital ship completed in 1912
- HMS "Ophelia", a Royal Navy M-class destroyer launched in 1915
People