Moons of Uranus - Wikipedia
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 .
Uranus Moons: Overview - Science@NASA
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.
List of Uranus' moons - Simple English Wikipedia, the free …
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 .
Moons of Uranus | Table, Year Discovered, Names, & Facts
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.
Uranus Moons: Facts - NASA Science
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.
Uranus' moons — Names, number and exploration | Space
2023年5月2日 · The seventh planet from the sun and the coldest planet in the solar system, Uranus has 28 known moons. These bodies are extraordinary in the solar system because they share the axial tilt of 98...
Uranus | Facts, Moons, & Rings | Britannica
2024年12月14日 · Uranus has 27 known moons that are accompanied by at least 10 narrow rings. Generally, the rings are located closer to the planet than the moons. Some small moons orbit just outside the rings, while the largest moons orbit beyond the small moons, and other small moons orbit much farther out.
Uranus - Moons, Rings, Atmosphere | Britannica
2024年12月14日 · Uranus’s five largest moons 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 (see below Observations from Earth). Ten small …
Uranus - NASA Science
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.
NASA’s Webb Rings in Holidays With Ringed Planet Uranus
2023年12月18日 · Image: Uranus' Moons Labelled. Annotated wide-field compass image of Uranus with some of its 27 moons and a few prominent stars (with characteristic diffraction spikes) labelled. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s premier space science observatory. Webb is solving mysteries in our solar system, looking …
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