Moons of Uranus - Wikipedia
网页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.
Moons of Uranus | Table, Year Discovered, Names, & Facts
网页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. Ten small inner moons were found by Voyager 2 in 1985–86. An 11th tiny inner moon ...
Uranus Moons: Overview - Science@NASA
网页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.
Uranus' moons — Names, number and exploration | Space
网页2023年5月2日 · These moons were Juliet, Puck, Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Desdemona, Portia, Rosalind, Cressida, and Belinda. Since then the task of discovering Uranus' moons has fallen...
Uranus Moons: Facts - NASA Science
网页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, Rings, Atmosphere | Britannica
网页1998年8月24日 · 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.
In Depth | Uranus – NASA Solar System Exploration
网页Uranus has 27 known moons. While most of the satellites orbiting other planets take their names from Greek or Roman mythology, Uranus' moons are unique in being named for characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.
Uranus - NASA Science
网页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.
Uranus | Facts, Moons, & Rings | Britannica
网页1998年8月24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.
In Depth | Uranus Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration
网页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.