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Uranus' Moons

Before Voyager2 visited Uranus, people thought Uranus had only five moons. We now know Uranus has 15 moons. All of the newly discovered moons except 'Puck' were discoverd by Voyager during it's flyby in 1986 (Puck was spotted by Voyagers cameras in late 1985). All the moons discovered by Voyager except Puck and Cordelia are very uniform in size.

 

 

 

 

Uranus' Moons
MOON DISCOVERY AND DATE DIAMETER (KM) DISTANCE FROM URANUS (KM)
Cordelia Project Voyager, 1986 40 49,700
Orphelia Project Voyager, 1986 50 53,800
Bianca Project Voyager, 1986 50 59,200
Juliet Project Voyager, 1986 60 61,800
Desdemona Project Voyager, 1986 60 62,700
Rosalind Project Voyager, 1986 80 64,600
Portia Project Voyager, 1986 80 66,100
Cressida Project Voyager, 1986 60 69,900
Belinda Project Voyager, 1986 60 75,300
Puck Project Voyager, 1986 170 86,000
Miranda Gerard Kuiper, 1948 150 128,282
Ariel William Lassell, 1851 1160 190,900
Umbriel William Lassell, 1851 1190 266,000
Titania William Herschel, 1787 1610 436,600
Oberon William Herschel, 1787 1550 583,400