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Oberon

Syllabification: (O·ber·on)
Pronunciation: /ˈōbəˌrän/
Astronomy
Definition of Oberon
  • a satellite of Uranus, the furthest from the planet, discovered by W. Herschel in 1787. It has a heavily cratered surface and a diameter of 963 miles (1,550 km).

Origin:

from the name of the king of the fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

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