Encyclopedia > Uranus > Satellites
Uranus has a set of satellites grouped, like the other giant planets, into distinct families :
- large main satellites (I, II, III, IV, V) that look like the other icy satellites.
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- small satellites close to the planet inside the orbit of Miranda (VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV).
- small outer satellite (XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX).
For compared orbital parameters of the satellites: click here
Group of major
satellites :
ARIEL U-1
UMBRIEL U-2
TITANIA U-3
OBERON U-4
MIRANDA U-5
Origin of the names : click here.