On this date, Jan. 13, 1986, astronomer Stephen Synnott using data collected by NASA’s Voyager 2 probe discovered three additional moons in orbit around Uranus. Those moons are Desdemona ...
Most of Uranus's matter is icy. Uranus has 28 known moons, including Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon. Uranus's moons are sometimes called "literary moons" because they are named after ...