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Uranus, the seventh planet of the Solar System, has 28 confirmed moons. The 27 with names are named after characters that appear in, or are mentioned in, William Shakespeare's plays and Alexander Pope's poem The Rape of the Lock. [1] Uranus's moons are divided into three groups: thirteen inner moons, five major moons, and ten irregular moons.
Uranus is surrounded by rings and moons in the new Webb image. The central bright feature on the planet is Uranus' seasonal north polar cap. - NASA/ESA/CSA/ STScI
Cordelia is the innermost known moon of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on January 20, 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 7 . [ 1 ] It was not detected again until the Hubble Space Telescope observed it in 1997.
The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the sterile worlds scientists have long thought. New study on moons of Uranus raises chance of life Skip to main content
Puck—the largest inner moon of Uranus—was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 30 December 1985. It was given the temporary designation S/1985 U 1. [11]The moon was later named after the character Puck who appears in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, a little sprite who travels around the globe at night with the fairies.
The best day to spot five planets, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars, lined up in the night sky is Tuesday, March 28, 2023, right after sunset. ... and Mars will be hanging out near the ...
Further out are the larger five major moons of the planet: Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon. Orbiting at a much greater distance from Uranus are the ten known irregular moons. The planet's magnetosphere is highly asymmetric and has many charged particles, which may be the cause of the darkening of its rings and moons.
A new study from NASA recently announced that four of Uranus’s five biggest moons may have liquid water oceans beneath their surface. The 4 Major Moons of Uranus May Have Underground Oceans ...