All content from kiddle encyclopedia articles including the article images and facts. The table below lists the moons in order from cordelia, closest to uranus, outwards with their diameters in kilometers. Cordelia uranus vi 1986u7 cordelia was named after the daughter of king lear in shakespeares play king lear. It has a diameter of 15 kilometers 9 miles and is 49,750 kilometers 30,910 miles from the center of uranus. Hst image of ariel transiting uranus, complete with shadow. The last find before the space age was perhaps the most bizarre moon of all. Cordelia is a moon that orbits round the planet uranus. Ophelia and cordelia are sometimes called shepherd moons.
Ferdinand cupid trinculo margaret francisco perdita stephano cordelia ophelia setebos prospero bianca desdemona. Uranus was the husband of gaia, the goddess of the earth. Although uranus is visible to the naked eye, it was long mistaken as a star because of the planets dimness. Since the launch in aug 20, 1977, voyager 2 has gone to jupiter in july 1979 saturn in aug 1981 and then uranus. Not much is known about cordelia except that it appears to be the inner. The innermost moon, cordelia, orbits just inside the outermost rings, lambda and epsilon.
Miranda the innermost and smallest of uranus s five major moons has a diameter of just 472km 290 miles. Wikimedia commons has media related to moons of uranus pages in category uranus moons the following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. Unlike most moons named after greek mythological characters, the moons of uranus are named after the people in william shakespeare and alexander popes literary works. It was discovered from the images taken by voyager 2 on january 20, 1986, and was given the temporary. Voyager 2 discovered 10 more moons in 1986, bringing the total to 15. At a distance of 384,400 km from the earth, the moon is our closest celestial neighbour and only natural satellite. Some of the small moons orbit near the rings, while others orbit beyond the major moons.
Oct 18, 2016 uranus may have been hiding two moons. With a diameter of only 9 miles 15 km, it is one of the smallest moons in the solar system. Cordelia was named after the daughter of king lear in shakespeares play king lear. The plain, blue image you see here disguises all the interesting things we have learned about the planet. Cordelia and ophelia orbit inside the synchronous orbit radius. Cordelia moves along the inner edge uranus epsilon ring throwing out or throwing in particles of this ring to keep the edge well defined. The smaller moons are named cordelia, ophelia, bianca, desdemona, juliet, portia, rosalind, cupid, puck, mab, and many others. Facts about uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. It was found from the images taken by voyager 2 on january 20, 1986, and was given the designation s1986u7.
Discovery image of cordelia cordelia it the closest moon to uranus. The rings of uranus were discovered on march 10, 1977, by james l. You should also check out nasas page on umbriel and uranus moon umbriel at nine. The moons of uranus exploring the planets national air. Moons of uranus the following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. For a listing of other moons, see moons of the planets. The high cliffs and winding valleys of the moon may indicate partial melting of the interior, with icy material occasionally drifting to the surface. It and ophelia are shepherd moons whose gravity keeps the particles that constitute. They are estimated to be between about 10 and 80 km 6 and 50 miles in radius, and they orbit the planet at distances between 49,800 and 86,000 km 31,000 and 53,500 miles. It is also one of two moons that orbit inside the synchronous orbit radius of uranus. These five moons are large enough to be considered dwarf planets if they orbited the sun. Dec 01, 2014 a faint giant leads the gibbous moon across the sky tonight the planet uranus. They are close to uranus epsilon ring, with their gravitational influence.
Jan 18, 2017 thanks to its sideways turn, uranus has some wild seasons, with the sun blazing across each pole for 21 earthyears at a time while the opposing side lingers in the pitch blackness of space. These two pictures of uranus were compiled from images recorded by voyager 2 on january 10, 1986, when the nasa spacecraft was 18 million kilometers 11 million miles from the planet. It was named after the daughter of lear in shakespeares king lear. Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun all the planets but uranus orbit the sun upright, but uranus lies on its side its tilted the entire planet is covered by a thick bluegreen fog uranus is a gas giant uranus has rings there are 15 moons that orbit uranus.
Puck and mab are the 2 outermost inner satellites of uranus. They are all named after characters created by william shakespeare and alexander pope. The five largest are puck, miranda, ariel, umbriel, titania, and oberon. The moonlets, if they exist, may be acting as shepherd moons, helping to keep the rings from spreading out. This site is maintained by the planetary science communications team at nasas jet propulsion laboratory and goddard space flight center for nasas science mission directorate. Ten small inner moons were found by voyager 2 in 198586. Uranus uranus, named after the greek god of the sky, is the seventh planet from our sun and the third largest planet in our solar system. Uranus s rings look white in pictures, but they are really made of asphaltcolored material. Cordelia appears to be the inner shepherding satellite for uranus s epsilon ring. Jul 10, 2019 uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and the first to be discovered by scientists.
Uranus, the seventh planet of the solar system, has 27 known moons, most of which are. Fast facts namesake roman god, father of the titans. The major moons, from nearest to farthest from uranus, are miranda, ariel, umbriel, titania, and oberon. Ophelia and cordelia are sometimes called shepherd. Not only did voyager show us that there were eleven more moons. It and ophelia are shepherd moons whose gravity keeps the particles that constitute uranus epsilon ring from. Neither its size nor its albedo have been measured directly, but assuming an albedo of 0. The smaller moons are, as usual, far from spherical, but the measurement indicates a nominal diameter. From wikipediato date 27 moons have been discovered arounduranus, those named after characters from shakespeare include titania a midsummer nights dream, oberon a. The gravity of these two moons and the couple other dozen orbs zipping around the. Cordelia, also known as uranus vi, is a moon of uranus timeline 20th of january 1986. Astronomy for kids uranus a wide variety of very unusual moons before the voyager mission arrived at uranus, we knew that uranus had five moons, but we didnt really know much about them because of the planets great distance from the sun. The image on the right is a composite of four images acquired by voyager 2 in 1985 showing three moons of uranus.
Of the moons known to orbit uranus, cordelia is closest to the planet. Uranus is one of the gas giants and its atmosphere consists primarily of hydrogen, helium, and methane with trace amounts of water and ammonia. The smallest observed moons at uranus and neptune have calculated lifetimes against. Cordelia was discovered on 20 january 1986 by voyager science team. It is one of the 10 uranian satellites discovered by the voyager science team. Miranda the innermost and smallest of uranuss five major moons has a diameter of just 472km 290 miles. The closest the moon got to uranus was 81,500 kilometers 50,600 miles on jan. Oct 21, 2016 hedman said their findings could help explain some characteristics of uranus rings, which are strangely narrow compared to saturns. All of uranus inner moons those observed by voyager 2 appear to be roughly half water ice and half rock. Other moons of uranus the solar system on sea and sky. In fact, the conditions inside saturn3s circum planetary disc were. Where available, i have linked to photographs of the moon.
It was discovered from the images taken by voyager 2 on january 20, 1986, and was given the temporary designation s1986u7. Other than its orbit, radius of 21 km and geometric albedo of. List of uranus moons simple english wikipedia, the free. It was discovered in december, 1781 by william herschel, a germanborn british astronomer.
Today we will be focusing upon the archetype within human consciousness of individuation, deconditioning, liberation, and freedom from the known. Universe today has many interesting articles on the moons of uranus, like how many moons does uranus have. The sixth planet is saturn and the eigth planet is neptune. Moons in our solar system facts, information, history. This moon is too faint to be viewed in any telescopes. By the numbers cordelia nasa solar system exploration. An 11th tiny inner moon, perdita, photographed by voyager near the orbit of belinda, remained unnoticed in the images until 1999 and was not confirmed until 2003. The rings of uranus are a system of rings around the planet uranus, intermediate in complexity between the more extensive set around saturn and the simpler systems around jupiter and neptune. Take an interactive tour of the solar system, or browse the site to find fascinating information, facts, and data about our planets, the solar system, and beyond. One of the many odd facts about uranus is that it is lying on its side as it faces the sun. Puck, at 162 km, is the largest of the inner moons of uranus and the only. The brightest of the uranus moon is ariel while the darkest is umbriel.
At the time when this image was collected, only five moons of uranus were known. The innermost moons are similar in characteristics with the thin rings. There may be two additional small 27 km in radius undiscovered shepherd moons located about 100 km exterior to uranus. The both voyager 1 and 2 will go off out of our solar system into interstellar space. Another moon of uranus that is interesting is miranda. Not much is known about cordelia except that it appears to be the inner shepherd satellite for the epsilon ring of uranus. When it was first discovered, uranus was mistaken for a star. A certain section around uranus, between its main rings and the orbit of the moon miranda, is very crowded, with numerous small moons locked in unstable orbits. This hubble composite image shows two very faint outer.
Like the earth itself, the moon is unique in some ways and rather ordinary in others. Cordelia is a daughter of lear in shakespeares king lear. Because of this fact, we have been able to gain more knowledge about it than any other body in the solar system besides the earth. The inner moons are small dark bodies that share common properties and origins with uranus s rings. Formation of regular satellites from ancient massive rings. It was not detected again until the hubble space telescope observed it in 1997. The next moon discovered was miranda, which was found by gerard kuiper in 1948. Uranus facts interesting facts about planet uranus. Cordelia takes its name from the youngest daughter of lear in william shakespeares king lear. R indicates retrograde motion s indicates synchronous rotation the rotation period is the same as the orbital period satellites from francisco out referenced to ecliptic plane instead of equator. Astronomy for kids uranus from voyager 2 uranus from voyager 2 image courtesy of.
Uranus moons are named after characters created by william shakespeare and alexander pope. The nine planets has been online since 1994 and was one of the first multimedia websites that appeared on the world wide web. Cordelia acts as the inner shepherd satellite for uranus epsilon ring. Freedom from the known by jeffrey wolf green well, good morning. Uranus has at least 21 moons, named mostly for characters from the works of. Uranus s five largest moons range from about 240 to 800 km 150 to 500 miles in radius. Uranus is the only planet to be named after a greek god, not a roman one. Its the thirdlargest planet in the solar system, but its so far away that its quite faint too faint to see with the eye alone. This moon is the closest to the planet and appears to be elongated in shape. It is also know by other designations, uvi, s1986 u7. Two of uranus 27 known moons, ophelia and cordelia, act as shepherds to uranus epsilon ring. Ophelia and cordelia are believed to herd the ring material into shape and keep it from drifting into space.
Nasa, voyager 2 mission during its epic journey through our solar system, the voyager 2 spacecraft sent back this image of uranus. They range from titania, 981 miles 1,579 kilometers in diameter, to tiny cupid, only 11 miles 18 km. The planet uranus has 27 known moons, most of which werent discovered until the space age. Uranus has 27 confirmed natural satellites in its orbit. When it was first discovered, cordelia was named s1986 u 7. Uranus moon ariel white dot and its shadow black dot were caught crossing the face of uranus in this hubble space telescope image. The two innermost moons cordelia and ophelia are shepherds of uranuss. The five largest moons are rounded, and four of them show some kind of internal activity which shapes their surfaces. What you didnt know about uranian moons 1 inner moons. Moons of uranus the following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. It and ophelia are shepherd moons whose gravity keeps the particles that constitute uranus epsilon ring from dispersing. This moon is 148 kilometres 92 mi wide and is the same size of mars smallest moon called deimos. Eventually these moons may collide with each other.
Ophelia appears to be the outer satellite straddling uranus bright epsilon ring. An 11th tiny inner moon, perdita, photographed by voyager near the orbit of belinda, remained unnoticed in the. Once considered one of the blanderlooking planets, uranus pro. It was discovered from the images taken by voyager 2 on january 20, 1986, and was given the temporary designation s1986 u 7. Trinculo, puck, cordelia, setebos, desdemona, ophelia, portia, sycorax, bianca. Cordelia, ophelia, bianca, cressida, desdemona, juliet, portia. Cordelia is one of the smaller moons in the solar system and is the innermost known moon of uranus. Uranus has 27 known moons, named for characters from the works of william shakespeare or alexander pope. They are listed by how long they take to orbit go around once uranus. It was not seen again until the hubble space telescope observed it in 1997.
An explanation of the anomalously high orbital inclination of miranda pdf. Cordelia kordeeleeuh is the innermost of uranus moons. It was found from the images taken by voyager 2 on january 20, 1986, and was given the designation s1986 u 7. Ariel the fourthlargest moon, ariel also has the thirdgreatest mass. Uranus has at least 21 moons, named mostly for characters from the works of shakespeare and alexander pope. Uranus has rings and 27 moons, but we could continue to find more.
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