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| URANUS |
| Introduction to Uranus | Seasons and Rotational Tilt | Atmosphere and Planetary Composition | Uranus' Rings | Uranus' Moons | Activities, Web Links |
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| URANUS' MOONS |
 Oberon, the second-largest moon of Uranus. Photo taken by NASA's Voyager mission in 1986. |
Two large moons were discovered by Wm. Herschel in 1781, 2 were discovered by Wm. Lassell in 1851, and one by G. Kuiper in 1948.
Some of the moons of Uranus in order by distance from Uranus:
| Moon | Distance from Uranus, km | Diameter km | Interesting Feature | Discoverer, Year of Discovery |
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| Cordelia | 50,000 | 26 | shepherds Uranus' outermost ring | Voyager 2, 1986 |
| Ophelia | 54,000 | 32 | shepherds Uranus' outermost ring | Voyager 2, 1986 |
| Bianca | 59,000 | 44 | . | Voyager 2, 1986 |
| Cressida | 62,000 | 66 | . | Voyager 2, 1986 |
| Desdemona | 63,000 | 58 | . | Voyager 2, 1986 |
| Juliet | 64,000 | 84 | . | Voyager 2, 1986 |
| Portia | 66,000 | 110 | . | Voyager 2, 1986 |
| Rosalind | 70,000 | 54 | . | Voyager 2, 1986 |
| Belinda | 75,000 | 68 | . | Voyager 2, 1986 |
| 1986U10 | 75,000 | 40 | . | Erich Karkoschka, 1999 |
Puck | 86,000 | 154 | Irregular shape and a mottled surface | Voyager 2, 1985 |
Miranda | 130,000 | 472 | Its surface is marked by huge grooves, and appears to have shattered many times. It has a bright, V-shaped groove on its surface, the Inverness Corona, which has been nicknamed the chevron | G. Kuiper, 1948 |
Ariel | 191,000 | 1158 | The brightest moon of Uranus. Youngest surface of Uranus' moons, the least cratered. Has long valleys and canyons. | Wm. Lassell, 1851 |
Umbriel | 266,000 | 1170 | Darkest moon of Uranus. Old surface, heavily cratered. It has a bright ring at its top (probably a crater floor) called a fluorescent cheerio. | Wm. Lassell, 1851 |
Titania | 436,000 | 1578 | The biggest moon of Uranus. It is about half the size of our moon. Titania is covered by many small craters, a few huge impact basins ice cliffs, and fault lines. | Wm. Herschel, 1787 |
| Oberon | 583,000 | 1523 | Oberon is covered by many craters (indicating an old surface) and ice. | Wm. Herschel, 1787 |
| Caliban | 7,200,000 | 80 | . | Gladman, 1997 |
| Sycorax | 12,200,000 | 60 | . | Gladman, 1997 |
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