Moons of Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet of the Solar System ; it has 27 known moons , all of which are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope . [1] Uranus's moons are divided into three groups: thirteen inner moons, five major moons, and nine irregular moons. The inner moons are small dark bodies that share common properties and origins with Uranus's rings . The five major moons are massive enough to have reached hydrostatic equilibrium , and four of them show signs of internally driven processes such as canyon formation and volcanism on their surfaces. [2] The largest of these five, Titania , is 1,578 km in diameter and the eighth-largest moon in the Solar System, and about one-twentieth the mass the Earth's Moon . The orbits of the regular moons are nearly coplanar with Uranus's equator, which is tilted 97.77° to its orbit. Uranus's irregular moons have elliptical and strongly inclined (mostly retrograde ) orbits at large distances from the planet. [3]
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Uranus is the seventh planet of the Solar System ; it has 27 known moons , all of which are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope . [1] Uranus's moons are divided into three groups: thirteen inner moons, five major moons, and nine irregular moons. The inner moons are small dark bodies that share common properties and origins with Uranus's rings . The five major moons are massive enough to have reached hydrostatic equilibrium , and four of them show signs of internally driven processes such as canyon formation and volcanism on their surfaces. [2] The largest of these five, Titania , is 1,578 km in diameter and the eighth-largest moon in the Solar System, and about one-twentieth the mass the Earth's Moon . The orbits of the regular moons are nearly coplanar with Uranus's equator, which is tilted 97.77° to its orbit. Uranus's irregular moons have elliptical and strongly inclined (mostly retrograde ) orbits at large distances from the planet. [3] |
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| 2017 |
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Uranus is the seventh planet of the Solar System ; it has 27 known moons , all of which are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope . [1] Uranus's moons are divided into three groups: thirteen inner moons, five major moons, and nine irregular moons. The inner moons are small dark bodies that share common properties and origins with Uranus's rings . The five major moons are massive enough to have reached hydrostatic equilibrium , and four of them show signs of internally driven processes such as canyon formation and volcanism on their surfaces. [2] The largest of these five, Titania , is 1,578 km in diameter and the eighth-largest moon in the Solar System, and about one-twentieth the mass of the Moon . The orbits of the regular moons are nearly coplanar with Uranus's equator, which is tilted 97.77° to its orbit. Uranus's irregular moons have elliptical and strongly inclined (mostly retrograde ) orbits at large distances from the planet. [3] |
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| 2016 |
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Uranus , the seventh planet of the Solar System , has 27 known moons , all of which are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope . [1] Uranus's moons are divided into three groups: thirteen inner moons, five major moons, and nine irregular moons. The inner moons are small dark bodies that share common properties and origins with Uranus's rings . The five major moons are massive enough to have reached hydrostatic equilibrium , and four of them show signs of internally driven processes such as canyon formation and volcanism on their surfaces. [2] The largest of these five, Titania, is 1,578 km in diameter and the eighth-largest moon in the Solar System, and about one-twentieth the mass of the Moon . The orbits of the regular moons are nearly coplanar with Uranus's equator, which is tilted 97.77° to its orbit. Uranus's irregular moons have elliptical and strongly inclined (mostly retrograde ) orbits at large distances from the planet. [3] |
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| 2015 |
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Uranus , the seventh planet of the Solar System , has 27 known moons , all of which are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope . [1] Uranus's moons are divided into three groups: thirteen inner moons, five major moons, and nine irregular moons. The inner moons are small dark bodies that share common properties and origins with the Uranus's rings . The five major moons are massive enough to have reached hydrostatic equilibrium , and four of them show signs of internally driven processes such as canyon formation and volcanism on their surfaces. [2] The largest of these five, Titania, is 1,578 km in diameter and the eighth-largest moon in the Solar System, and about one-twentieth the mass of the Moon . The orbits of the regular moons are nearly coplanar with Uranus's equator, which is tilted 97.77° to its orbit. Uranus's irregular moons have elliptical and strongly inclined (mostly retrograde ) orbits at large distances from the planet. [3] |
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| 2014 |
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Uranus , the seventh planet of the Solar System , has 27 known moons , all of which are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope . [1] William Herschel discovered the first two moons, Titania and Oberon , in 1787, and the other three ellipsoidal moons were discovered in 1851 by William Lassell ( Ariel and Umbriel ) and in 1948 by Gerard Kuiper ( Miranda ). [1] These five have planetary mass , and so would be considered (dwarf) planets if they were in direct orbit about the Sun. The remaining moons were discovered after 1985, either during the Voyager 2 flyby mission or with the aid of advanced Earth -based telescopes. [2] [3] |
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| 2013 |
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Uranus , the seventh planet of the Solar System , has 27 known moons , [1] all of which are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope . [2] William Herschel discovered the first two moons, Titania and Oberon , in 1787, and the other three ellipsoidal moons were discovered in 1851 by William Lassell ( Ariel and Umbriel ) and in 1948 by Gerard Kuiper ( Miranda ). [2] These five have planetary mass , and so would be considered (dwarf) planets if they were in direct orbit about the Sun. The remaining moons were discovered after 1985, either during the Voyager 2 flyby mission or with the aid of advanced Earth -based telescopes. [1] [3] |
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| 2012 |
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Uranus , the seventh planet of the Solar System , has 27 known moons , [1] all of which are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope . [2] William Herschel discovered the first two moons, Titania and Oberon , in 1787, and the other three ellipsoidal moons were discovered in 1851 by William Lassell ( Ariel and Umbriel ) and in 1948 by Gerard Kuiper ( Miranda ). [2] These five have planetary mass , and so would be considered (dwarf) planets if they were in direct orbit about the Sun. The remaining moons were discovered after 1985, either during the Voyager 2 flyby mission or with the aid of advanced Earth -based telescopes. [1] [3] |
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| 2011 |
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Uranus , the seventh planet of the Solar System , has 27 known moons , [1] all of which are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope . [2] William Herschel discovered the first two moons, Titania and Oberon , in 1787, and the other spherical moons were discovered in 1851 by William Lassell ( Ariel and Umbriel ) and in 1948 by Gerard Kuiper ( Miranda ). [2] The remaining moons were discovered after 1985, either during the Voyager 2 flyby mission or with the aid of advanced Earth -based telescopes. [1] [3] |
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Uranus , the seventh planet of the Solar System , has 27 known moons , [1] all of which are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope . [2] William Herschel discovered the first two moons, Titania and Oberon , in 1787, and the other spherical moons were discovered in 1851 by William Lassell ( Ariel and Umbriel ) and in 1948 by Gerard Kuiper ( Miranda ). [2] The remaining moons were discovered after 1985, either during the Voyager 2 flyby mission or with the aid of advanced Earth -based telescopes. [1] [3] |
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Uranus , the seventh planet of the Solar System , has 27 known moons , [1] all of which are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope . [2] William Herschel discovered the first two moons, Titania and Oberon , in 1787, and the remaining spherical moons were discovered in 1851 by William Lassell ( Ariel and Umbriel ) and in 1948 by Gerard Kuiper ( Miranda ). [2] The remaining moons were discovered after 1985, either during the Voyager 2 flyby mission or with the aid of advanced ground-based telescopes. [1] [3] |
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Uranus , the seventh planet of the Solar System , has twenty-seven known moons , [1] all of which were named after various characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope . [2] William Herschel discovered the first two moons, Titania and Oberon , in 1787, while the remaining spherical moons were discovered in 1851 by William Lassell ( Ariel and Umbriel ) and respectively in 1948 by Gerard Kuiper ( Miranda ). [2] The remaining moons were discovered after 1985, either during the Voyager 2 flyby mission or with the aid of advanced ground-based telescopes. [3] [1] |
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Uranus has twenty-seven named moons . Five of them are massive enough to have achieved hydrostatic equilibrium and so would be considered dwarf planets if they were in orbit about the Sun. |
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| 2006 |
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Uranus has 27 known moons . The first two moons ( Titania and Oberon ) were discovered by William Herschel on March 13 , 1787 . Two more moons ( Ariel and Umbriel ) were discovered by William Lassell in 1851 . In 1852 , Herschel's son John Herschel gave the four then-known moons their names. In 1948 Gerard Kuiper discovered the moon Miranda . |
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Uranus has 27 known moons . The first two moons ( Titania and Oberon ) were discovered by William Herschel on March 13 , 1787 . Two more moons ( Ariel and Umbriel ) were discovered by William Lassell in 1851 . In 1852 , Herschel's son John Herschel gave the four then-known moons their names. In 1948 Gerard Kuiper discovered the moon Miranda . |
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| 2004 |
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The first two moons ( Titania and Oberon ) were discovered by William Herschel on March 13 , 1787 . Two more moons ( Ariel and Umbriel ) were discovered by William Lassell in 1851 . In 1852 , Herschel's son John Herschel gave the four then-known moons their names. In 1948 Gerard Kuiper discovered the moon Miranda . |