Uranus and Its Satellites

Uranus has 27 known moons:

Uranus and its six largest moons compared at their proper relative sizes and relative positions. From left to right: Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon. NASA

1.Cordelia
2.Ophelia
3.Bianca
4.Cressida
5.Desdemona
6.Juliet
7.Portia
8.Rosalind
9.Mab
10.Belinda
11.Perdita
12.Puck
13.Cupid
14.Miranda
15.Francisco
16.Ariel
17.Umbriel
18.Titania
19.Oberon
20.Caliban
21.Stephano
22.Trinculo
23.Sycorax
24.Margaret
25.Prospero
26.Setebos
27.Ferdinand

These moons are not named after Greco-Roman mythological characters, but after characters created by Shakespeare or used by Alexander Pope in “The Rape of the Lock.” Ariel appears in both Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” and Pope’s poem.

Here is Wikipedia’s list:

• The Rape of the Lock (a poem by Alexander Pope):
  • Ariel, Umbriel, Belinda
• Plays by William Shakespeare:
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Titania, Oberon, Puck
  • The Tempest: (Ariel), Miranda, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, Trinculo, Francisco, Ferdinand
  • King Lear: Cordelia
  • Hamlet: Ophelia
  • The Taming of the Shrew: Bianca
  • Troilus and Cressida: Cressida
  • Othello: Desdemona
  • Romeo and Juliet: Juliet, Mab
  • The Merchant of Venice: Portia
  • As You Like It: Rosalind
  • Much Ado About Nothing: Margaret
  • The Winter’s Tale: Perdita
  • Timon of Athens: Cupid

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