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As of 2011, Uranus has 27 known moons.

Before the Voyager 2 encounter, only five satellites of Uranus had been discovered. They form a remarkably regular system with low orbital eccentricities and inclinations close to the plane of the planet's equator. The Voyager cameras found 10 (actually 11) additional small satellites, including two that may serve as gravitational "shepherds" for the outermost ring. Like Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune, Uranus also has more distant, irregular satellites (moons that move in orbits with high inclinations or eccentricities). These are likely captured asteroids, and all but one orbit in the opposite direction from the larger moons.

The 27 moons are :

1. Cordelia

2. Ophelia

3. Bianca

4. Cressida

5. Desdemona

6. Juliet

7. Portia

8. Rosalind

9. Mab

10. Belinda

11. Perdita

12. Puck

13. Cupid

14. Miranda

15. Francisco

16. Ariel

17. Umbriel

18. Titania

19. Oberon

20. Caliban

21. Stephano

22. Trinculo

23. Sycorax

24. Margaret

25. Prospero

26. Setebos

27. Ferdinand

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