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Uranus, the seventh planet from to the sun in our solar system, has 5 large moons and many small ones. ... The brightest moon of Uranus. Youngest surface of Uranus' moons, the least cratered. Has long valleys and canyons.
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www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/ur...
www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/uranus/uranusmoons.shtml
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Uranus has 27 fascinating moons and a complicated ring system. The ring is a completely different form of ring than the one around Saturn or Jupiter. At Uranus there is a very obvious partial ring, or "ring arc".
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www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/uranus/moons_and_rings....
www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/uranus/moons_and_rings.html
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New Uranian Satellite Discovered (2002); New Uranian Satellite Discovered (1999); Two new Uranian Satellites Discovered (1997); Uranus' Known Satellites - Carnegie Institution, DTM; ... Uranus Fact Sheet; Uranus Home Page; Notes on the Factsheets; Directory to other Planetary Fact Sheets;
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nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/uraniansatfact....
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/uraniansatfact.html
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The following image (Ref) shows the 5 largest satellites of Uranus: Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon (here is further discussion about Oberon). There are 10 additional small satellites.
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csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/uranus/moons.html
csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/uranus/moons.html
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This site is intended for students age 14 and up, and for anyone interested in learning about our universe. ... We is studying about the planets and their moons. Neptune's moons are named after sea creatures. Why are Uranus's moons named after Shakespearean characters rather than something related to Uranus?
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imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970430c.ht...
imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970430c.html
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Two new moons of Uranus, provisionally known as Uranus XVI (S/1997 U 1) and Uranus XVII (S/1997 U 2), have been discovered. The names Caliban and Sycorax proposed by the discoverers have now been officially accepted by the IAU.
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www.nineplanets.org/uranew.html
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The image at right is a composite of four images acquried by Voyager 2 in 1985 showing three moons of Uranus: Umbriel, lower left; Miranda, bottom right; Ariel, top right. At the time when this image was collected, only 5 moons of Uranus were known.
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www.nasm.si.edu/etp/uranus/uran_moons.html
www.nasm.si.edu/etp/uranus/uran_moons.html
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