The moons that orbit Uranus are already known to have unusual characteristics: some are heavily cratered, others have ...

DOBSON: Yeah, yeah, a much bigger role. SHAPIRO: Well, how did the tradition come about of naming the moons of Uranus after Shakespeare's characters? DOBSON: It starts very early with Titania and ...

Researchers armed with the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed that some of Uranus' largest moons have one side brighter ...

The next largest moon of Uranus is Oberon, which takes its name from the king of the fairies in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." This moon has a diameter of around 946 miles (1,500 km).

Uranus' new moon, S/2023 U1, is only around 5 miles ... S/2023 U1 will eventually be named after a character from the plays of William Shakespeare, joining the likes of previously discovered ...

Q–How did the moons of Uranus receive their names, and why are four of the moons named after characters from Shakespeare? A–Andrew Fraknoi, executive officer of the Astronomical Society of the ...

they take their monikers from the characters of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. The largest of Uranus' moons, Oberon and Titania, were the first to be discovered. They were spotted by ...

More study this moon of Uranus in much greater detail than ever before. Discovered in 1948 by Gerard Peter Kuiper, Miranda is named for the daughter of the wily Prospero in Shakespeare's "The ...

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