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Uranus's moons are divided into three groups: thirteen inner moons, five major moons, and ten irregular moons. The inner and major moons all have prograde orbits and are cumulatively classified as regular moons. In contrast, the orbits of the irregular moons are distant, highly inclined, and mostly retrograde.
This is a list of the 28 moons of Uranus. They are listed by how long they take to orbit (go around once) Uranus . They are all named after characters created by William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope .
Uranus has 28 known moons, including five major moons: Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon. The moons are sometimes called the "literary moons" because they are named for Shakespearean characters, along with a couple of the moons being named for characters from the works of Alexander Pope.
The planet Uranus has 27 known moons. Uranus’s five largest moons— Miranda , Ariel , Umbriel , Oberon , and Titania —range from about 240 to 800 km (150 to 500 miles) in radius. All were discovered telescopically from Earth, four of them before the 20th century.
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- Moons. 2 min read. How Many Moons Are in Our Solar System? Naturally-formed bodies that orbit planets are called moons, or planetary satellites. The… Topic.
- Umbriel. 1 min read. Discovery Umbriel was discovered on Oct. 24, 1851 by English astronomer William Lassell. Overview Umbriel is the darkest of Uranus’… Topic.
- Trinculo. 1 min read. Discovery Trinculo was discovered on Aug. 13, 2001 by Matthew Holman, John J. Kavelaars and Dan Milisavljevic at the Dominion… Topic.
- Titania. 1 min read. Discovery Titania was discovered on Jan. 11, 1787 by British astronomer William Herschel. Overview Titania is Uranus’ largest moon. Images…
May 2, 2023 · These moons were Juliet, Puck, Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Desdemona, Portia, Rosalind, Cressida, and Belinda. Since then the task of discovering Uranus' moons has fallen...
Oberon and Titania are the largest Uranian moons, and were the first to be discovered – by William Herschel in 1787. William Lassell, who had been the first to see a moon orbiting Neptune, discovered the next two, Ariel and Umbriel. Nearly a century passed before Gerard Kuiper found Miranda in 1948.
