171 Ophelia is a large, dark Themistian asteroid. It probably has a primitive composition, similar to that of the carbonaceous chondrite meteorites.
It was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on January 13, 1877, and named after the character in Shakespeare's Hamlet. The discovery of a possible satellite was reported in 1979 based on lightcurve data. However, it has not been confirmed.
Ophelia is also the name of a moon of Uranus.
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