Titania (moon) - Wikipedia
Titania (/ təˈtɑːniə, təˈteɪniə /), also designated Uranus III, is the largest moon of Uranus. At a diameter of 1,578 kilometres (981 mi) it is the eighth largest moon in the Solar System, with a surface area comparable to that of Australia.
Titania - NASA Science
Titania is Uranus' largest moon. Images taken by Voyager 2 almost 200 years after Titania's discovery revealed signs that the moon was geologically active. A prominent system of fault valleys, some nearly 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) long, is …
Titania | Satellite of Uranus, Icy Moon, Orbit | Britannica
Titania orbits at a mean distance of 435,840 km (270,820 miles) from the centre of Uranus, which makes it the second outermost of the planet’s major moons. Its orbital period is 8.706 days, as is its rotational period.
Uranus Moons: Overview - Science@NASA
Uranus has 28 known moons, including five major moons: Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon. The moons are sometimes called the "literary moons" because they are named for Shakespearean characters, along with a couple of the moons being named for characters from the works of Alexander Pope.
Titania Moon Facts - Space Facts
Titania Moon Facts. Titania is Uranus’ largest moon and is the eight largest moon in the solar system. Like many of Uranus’ moons it is named after a character of William Shakespeare. Titania was discovered by William Herschel in 1787 the same day he discovered Oberon, another of Uranus’ moons.
Titania – Learn About The Largest Moon Of Uranus - Spaceopedia
Apr 27, 2019 · Titania is the largest of the five spherical moons of Uranus and the 8th largest moon in the solar system, Titania was named after the Queen of the Fairies from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Uranus Moons: Facts - NASA Science
Oberon and Titania are the largest Uranian moons, and were the first to be discovered – by William Herschel in 1787. William Lassell, who had been the first to see a moon orbiting Neptune, discovered the next two, Ariel and Umbriel.
Uranus' Moon Titania - Universe Today
Jul 3, 2015 · Uranus’ Moon Titania. Thanks to the Voyager missions, which passed through the outer Solar system in the late 1970s and early 1980s, scientists were able to get the first close look at Uranus...
Titania (moon) - Wikiwand
Titania, also designated Uranus III, is the largest of the moons of Uranus. At a diameter of 1,578 kilometres (981 mi) it is the eighth largest moon in the Solar System, with a surface area comparable to that of Australia.
Titania, moon of Uranus - The Solar System on Sea and Sky
Titania [Ty-TAY-ne-ah] is the fourteenth of Uranus' moons and is the largest. Although it is the largest moon of Uranus, it is much smaller than Triton, the largest moon of Uranus' sister planet, Neptune.