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Answer The planet Uranus has some 27 moons, all of which are named after characters in Shakespeare's plays and the works of Alexander Pope. The five major satellites are: Miranda - Shakespeare's The Tempest Ariel -Shakespeare's The Tempest Umbriel - Pope's The Rape of the Lock Titania - Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Oberon - Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. A link is provided to the Wikipedia article on the moons of Uranus, and all of them are listed.

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