EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Uranus and its five major moons are depicted in this montage of images acquired by the Voyager 2 spacecraft during its January 1986 flyby of the planet. The moons, counterclockwise from bottom right, are Ariel, Miranda, Titania, Oberon and Umbriel.

Detailed explanation-2: -Uranus, the seventh planet of the Solar System, has 27 known moons, most of which are named after characters that appear in, or are mentioned in, the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ice giant is surrounded by 13 faint rings and 27 small moons as it rotates at a nearly 90-degree angle from the plane of its orbit. This unique tilt makes Uranus appear to spin sideways, orbiting the Sun like a rolling ball.

Detailed explanation-4: -Uranus’s ring system was the second to be discovered in the Solar System, after that of Saturn. The rings were directly imaged when the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew through the Uranian system in 1986. Two more faint rings were revealed, bringing the total to eleven.

Detailed explanation-5: -Many Moons Uranus has 27 known moons, and they are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.