Uranus' innermost ten moons are:
(For information on the newly discovered moons see S/1997 U 1.)
Cordelia is the innermost of Uranus' known satellites:
orbit: 49,752 km from Uranus diameter: 26 km mass: ?
Cordelia is a daughter of Lear in Shakespeare's King Lear.
Discovered by Voyager 2 in 1986.
Cordelia appears to be the inner shepherding satellite for Uranus's Epsilon ring.
Cordelia and Ophelia orbit inside the synchronous orbit radius.
Ophelia is the second of Uranus' known satellites:
orbit: 53,764 km from Uranus diameter: 32 km mass: ?
Ophelia is the daughter of Polonius in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Discovered by Voyager 2 in 1986.
Ophelia appears to be the outer shepherding satellite for Uranus's Epsilon ring.
Bianca is the third of Uranus' known satellites:
orbit: 59,165 km from Uranus diameter: 44 km mass: ?
Bianca is the sister of Katherine in Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.
Discovered by Voyager 2 in 1986.
Cressida is the fourth of Uranus' known satellites:
orbit: 61,767 km from Uranus diameter: 66 km mass: ?
Cressida is the daughter of Calchas in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.
Discovered by Voyager 2 in 1986.
Desdemona is the fifth of Uranus' known satellites:
orbit: 62,659 km from Uranus diameter: 58 km mass: ?
Desdemona is the wife of Othello in Shakespeare's Othello.
Discovered by Voyager 2 in 1986.
Juliet is the sixth of Uranus' known satellites:
orbit: 64,358 km from Uranus diameter: 84 km mass: ?
Juliet is the tragic heroine in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Discovered by Voyager 2 in 1986.
Portia is the seventh of Uranus' known satellites:
orbit: 66,097 km from Uranus diameter: 110 km mass: ?
Portia is a rich heiress in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
Discovered by Voyager 2 in 1986.
Rosalind is the eighth of Uranus' known satellites:
orbit: 69,927 km from Uranus diameter: 54 km mass: ?
Rosalind is a daughter of the banished Duke in Shakespeare's As You Like It.
Discovered by Voyager 2 in 1986.
Belinda is the ninth of Uranus' known satellites:
orbit: 75,255 km from Uranus diameter: 68 km mass: ?
Belinda is the heroine in Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock.
Discovered by Voyager 2 in 1986.
Puck is the tenth of Uranus' known satellites:
orbit: 86,006 km from Uranus diameter: 154 km mass: ?
Puck is a mischievous fairy in Shakespeare's Midsummer-Night's Dream.
Discovered by Voyager 2 in 1986.
Of the 10 new Uranian moons discovered by Voyager 2, only Puck was discovered soon enough that the observation schedule could be adjusted to get images.
Puck and the other small moons are very dark (albedo less than 0.1).