Moons of Uranus

Moons of Uranus.
Name	Discoverer	Year of Discovery	Distance from Center of Uranus (m)	Distance from Center of Uranus (km)	Diameter (mi)	Diameter (km)	Sidereal Period of Revolution (days)
Ariel	W. Lassell	1851	118,800	191,200	720	1,160	2.52
Belinda	Voyager spacecraft	1986	46,800	75,300	35	55	-
Bianca	Voyager spacecraft	1986	36,800	59,200	30	50	-
Cordelia	Voyager spacecraft	1986	30,900	49,700	25	40	-
Cressida	Voyager spacecraft	1986	38,400	61,800	35	55	-
Desdemona	Voyager spacecraft	1986	39,000	62,800	35	55	-
Juliet	Voyager spacecraft	1986	40,000	64,400	50	80	-
Miranda	G.P. Kuiper	1948	80,700	129,800	355	570	1.41
Oberon	W. Herschel	1787	362,100	582,600	950	1,530	13.46
Ophelia	Voyager spacecraft	1986	33,400	53,750	30	50	-
Portia	Voyager spacecraft	1986	41,100	66,100	50	80	-
Puck	Voyager spacecraft	1986	53,400	86,000	105	170	-
Rosalind	Voyager spacecraft	1986	43,400	69,800	35	55	-
Titania	W. Herschel	1787	270,900	435,800	980	1,580	8.71
Umbriel	W. Lassell	1851	165,300	266,000	725	1,170	4.14
1997U1 (Caliban)	Gladman, Nicholson, Burns and Kavelaars	1997	4,442,081*	7,164,647*	49.6	80	579.4
1999U1	Gladman, Petie, Scholl, Kavelaars and Holman	1999	6,200,000	10,000,000	12.4	20	n/k
1997U2 (Sycorax)	Gladman, Nicholson, Burns and Kavelaars	1997	7,548,305*	12,174,687*	99.2	160	1284
1999U2	Gladman, Petie, Scholl, Kavelaars and Holman	1999	15,500,000	25,000,000	12.4	20	n/k
1999U3	Gladman, Petie, Scholl, Kavelaars and Holman	1999	10,700,000	17,500,000	12.4	20	n/k
2001U1	Holman, Kavelaars, Gladman and Petie	2001	n/k	n/k	n/k	n/k	n/k
* Approximate

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