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Oberon (moon)
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Oberon (moon)
Oberon
, also designated , is the outermost major
moon
of the planet
Uranus
. It is the second-largest and second most massive of the Uranian moons, and the ninth most massive 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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