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Keyword: Oberon
![Противостояние двух планет](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/10/08/0001247452/UranusJupiter_knappert600h.preview.jpg)
8.10.2010
In late September, two planets were opposite the Sun in Earth's sky, Jupiter and Uranus. Consequently closest to Earth, at a distance of only 33 light-minutes and 2.65 light-hours respectively, both were good targets for telescopic observers.
![Спутник Урана Оберон: мир метеоритных кратеров](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/24/0001179286/oberon_vg2_big.preview.gif)
8.04.1996
Oberon is the most distant and second largest moon of Uranus. Discovered by William Herschel in 1787, the properties of the world remained relatively unknown until the robot spacecraft Voyager 2 passed it during its flyby of Uranus in January 1986.
![Гамлет на Обероне](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/06/21/0001191065/oberon2_usgs_big.preview.gif)
30.01.1997
What's in a name? Since 1919, the International Astronomical Union has been charged with the task of establishing "conventional" nomenclature for planets, satellites, and surface features. For the remote Uranian system of moons, namesakes from Shakespearean works have been chosen.
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