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The flyby of the '' Voyager 2 '' space probe in January 1986 led to the discovery of a further 10 moons, and another satellite Perdita was later found after studying old Voyager photographs. Eleven additional moons have since been identified using telescopes. Unlike most planetary moons, which are named from antiquity, all the moons of Uranus are named after characters from the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope . THE NATURAL SATELLITES The Uranian moons are listed here by orbital period, from shortest to longest. Moons massive enough for their surfaces to have Collapsed into a Spheroid are highlighted in light purple. Irregular (captured) moons are shown in light grey. ''Sources:'' NASA/NSSDC and University of Hawaii . These sources give no information on the masses for the small satellites. NAMING NOTES Some , 218 Bianca , 593 Titania , 666 Desdemona , 763 Cupido and 2758 Cordelia . SEE ALSO
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