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Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon
- 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.
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Moons of Uranus. An updated image of the six largest moons and eight inner moons of Uranus as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope on 4 September 2023. Uranus, the seventh planet of the Solar System, has 28 confirmed moons.
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. Categories: Astronomy lists. Uranus' moons.
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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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.
May 2, 2023 · Titania is the largest moon of Uranus, with a diameter of around 1,000 miles (1,609 km), which still makes it under half as wide as Earth's moon which has a diameter of around 2,200 miles (3,500...
Titania (/ t ə ˈ t ɑː n i ə, t ə ˈ t eɪ n i ə /), also designated Uranus III, is the largest moon of Uranus. At a diameter of 1,578 kilometres (981 mi) it is the eighth largest moon in the Solar System, with a surface area comparable to that of Australia.
4 days ago · moons of Uranus: Ariel Ariel (white dot) and its shadow (black dot) crossing the face of Uranus in an image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. (more) The four largest moons— Titania , Oberon , Umbriel , and Ariel , in order of decreasing size—have densities of 1.4–1.7 grams per cubic cm.
