New names have been announced for some of Uranus's smaller moons. They are all from Shakespearean plays.
S/2003 U2 = Cupid (from Timon of Athens)
S/1986 U10 = Perdita (from The Winter's Tale)
S/2003 U1 = Mab (from Romeo and Juliet)
S/2001 U3 = Francisco (from The Tempest)
S/2003 U3 = Margaret (from Much Ado About Nothing)
S/2001 U2 = Ferdinand (from The Tempest)
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/append7.html
New names for Uranus moons
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Topic authorThe Singing Badger
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Grant Hutchison previously announced that his "poormoons.ssc" had been updated to include the new names.
See http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celest ... moons.html
See http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celest ... moons.html
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