Titania and Oberon
On January 11th 1787 William Herschel discovered
not one but two new moons orbiting Uranus.
The largest of the moons of Uranus is called Titania it is
981 miles in diameter. Titania is named after the queen of the fairies in
Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Oberon is much smaller and is the furthest out of the larger
moons of Uranus and is named after the
King of the Fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Their names were in fact suggested by William Herschel’s son
John in 1852.
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