what is the name of moons of uranus
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The moons, counterclockwise from bottom right, are Ariel, Miranda, Titania, Oberon and Umbriel. Miranda is the smallest of the five major satellites of Uranus, measuring just 480 kilometers (300 miles) in diameter.
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FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF MOONS OF URANUS :
1. ARIEL
- Ariel was discovered Oct. 24, 1851 by William Lassell, one of 19th century England's grand amateur astronomers, who used the fortune he made in the brewery business to finance his telescopes.
2. BELINDA
- Belinda was discovered on Jan. 13, 1986 in images taken by Voyager 2.
3. BIANCA
- Bianca was discovered Jan. 23, 1986 in images taken by Voyager 2.
4. CALIBRE
- Caliban was discovered on Sept. 6, 1997 at Palomar Observatory by B. Gladman, P. Nicholson, J. A. Burns, and J. Kavelaars.
5. CORDELIA
- Cordelia was discovered on Jan. 20, 1986 in images taken by Voyager 2.
6. CRESSIDA
- Cressida was discovered on Jan. 9, 1986 in images taken by Voyager 2.
7. CUPID
- Cupid was discovered on Aug. 25, 2003 by M.R. Showalter and J.J. Lissauer, using the Hubble Space Telescope.
8. DESDEMONA
- Desdemona was discovered on Jan. 13 1986 in images taken by Voyager 2.
9. FERDINAND
- Ferdinand was discovered on Aug, 13, 2001 by Dan Milisavljevic, Matthew J. Holman, John J. Kavelaars, and Tommy Grav, at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.
10. FRANCISCO
- Francisco was discovered on Aug. 13, 2001 at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory by John J. Kavalaars, Matthew J. Holman, Dan Milisavljevic, and Tommy Grav.
11. JULIET
- Juliet was discovered on Jan. 3, 1986 in images taken by Voyager 2.
12. MAB
- Mab was discovered on Aug. 23, 2003 by Mark R. Showalter and Jack J. Lissauer, using the Hubble Space Telescope.
13. MARGARET
- Margaret is considered an irregular moon of Uranus because of the eccentricity and inclination of its orbit, but it is the only such moon that travels in a prograde direction.
14. MIRANDA
- Miranda was discovered in telescopic photos of the Uranian system by Gerard P. Kuiper on Feb. 16, 1948 at the McDonald Observatory in western Texas.
15. OBERON
- Oberon was discovered in Jan. 11, 1787 by William Herschel.
16. OPHELIA
- Ophelia was discovered in January 1986 in images sent back by the Voyager 2 spacecraft during its flyby of Uranus.
17. PERDITA
- Perdita was discovered 13 years after its picture was taken by Voyager 2 during the spacecraft's flyby in 1986.
18. PORTIA
- Portia was discovered January 1986 in images sent back by the Voyager 2 spacecraft during its flyby of Uranus.
19. PROSPERO
- Prospero was discovered July 18, 1999 by Matthew J. Holman, John J. Kavelaars, Brett J. Gladman, Jean-Marc Petit, and Hans Scholl using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope at the Mauna Kea Observatory on the island of Hawaii.
20.PUCK
- Puck was discovered December 1985 in images sent back by the Voyager 2 spacecraft during its flyby of Uranus.
21. ROSALIND
- Rosalind was discovered by the Voyager 2 science team on 13 January 1986.
22. SETEBOS
- Setebos is a small (about 48 km in diameter, assuming an albedo of 0.04), dark moon which orbits Uranus in the opposite direction from the regular moons and the planet's rotation (known as a retrograde orbit).
23. STEPHANO
- Stephano was discovered on July 18, 1999 by Brett Gladman, Matthew Holman, John J. Kavelaars, Jean-Marc Petit, and Hans Scholl using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope at the Mauna Kea Observatory on the island of Hawaii.
24. SYCORAX
- Sycorax was discovered on Sept. 6, 1997 by Philip D. Nicholson, Brett J. Gladman, Joseph A. Burns and John J. Kavelaars using the 200-inch Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory.
25. TITANIA
- Titania was discovered on Jan. 11, 1787 by British astronomer William Herschel.
26. TRINCULO
- Trinculo was discovered on Aug. 13, 2001 by Matthew Holman, John J. Kavelaars and Dan Milisavljevic at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria, British Columbia, and by using the 4-m reflector at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.
27. UMBRIEL
- Umbriel was discovered on Oct. 24, 1851 by English astronomer William Lassell.
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