Uranus' Moons and Rings



This is an image of Miranda.
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Image from: NASA
Uranus has fascinating moons and a complicated ring system. The ring system is a completely different form of ring system than that found at Saturn or Jupiter. At Uranus there is even a very obvious partial ring, or "ring arc".

Many moons are icy moons with fascinating surface features. These icy moons have neither an atmosphere nor a magnetosphere, and there is not much possibility for life. The surfaces of these moons indicate that the interiors of the moons may possibly been active in the past, however.

The moons are, in order; Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, and Puck. These moons are part of a class of moons called the "Small Moons". Icy moons of Uranus are; Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Caliban, and Sycorax. In 1999, four more Uranian moons were found. They include Prospero, Setebos, Stephano and 1986 U 10.

Table of moons


Uranus' Moons and Rings



This is an image of Miranda.
Click on image for full size version (149K GIF)
Image from: NASA
Uranus has 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".

Many moons are icy moons with fascinating surface features. These icy moons have no atmosphere nor magnetosphere. The interiors of these moons are not active, and there is not much possibility for life.

The moons are, in order; Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, and Puck. These moons are part of a group called the "Small Moons". Icy moons of Uranus are; Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Caliban, and Sycorax. In 1999, four more Uranian moons were found. They include Prospero, Setebos, Stephano and 1986 U 10.

Table of moons


Uranus' Moons and Rings



This is an image of Miranda.
Click on image for full size version (149K GIF)
Image from: NASA
Uranus has interesting moons and a ring system. At Uranus there is even a half ring, or "ring arc".

The moons are Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano and 1986 U 10. That's a lot of moons!

Table of moons



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