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There are 13 moons that orbit within Uranus's ring system, and another ten outer irregular moons. Unlike most planetary moons, which are named from antiquity, all the moons of Uranus are named after characters from the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope's work The Rape of the Lock.
Since then, names have been given to 137 additional planetary and dwarf planetary satellites: 52 satellites of Jupiter, 53 of Saturn, 22 of Uranus, 12 of Neptune, 5 of Pluto, 2 of Haumea, and 1 each of Eris, Gonggong, Quaoar, and Orcus.
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.
(collage of Voyager 2 photographs) Uranus along with its five major moons and nine inner moons as taken by the James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam. Uranus has 28 known natural satellites. [149] The names of these satellites are chosen from characters in the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.
Miranda, also designated Uranus V, is the smallest and innermost of Uranus's five round satellites. It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on 16 February 1948 at McDonald Observatory in Texas, and named after Miranda from William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. [9] Like the other large moons of Uranus, Miranda orbits close to its planet's ...
The name Titania was taken from the Queen of the Fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream. [15] The names of all four satellites of Uranus then known were suggested by Herschel's son John in 1852, at the request of William Lassell, [16] who had discovered the other two moons, Ariel and Umbriel, the year before. [17]
All of Uranus's moons are named after characters created by William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope. The names of all four satellites of Uranus then known were suggested by John Herschel (son of William) in 1852 at the request of Lassell, [ 15 ] though it is uncertain if Herschel devised the names, or if Lassell did so and then sought Herschel's ...
Juliet is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 3 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 2. [8] It is named after the heroine of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is also designated Uranus XI. [9]