![Non Serviam on X: "Jan. 11th #OTD in 1787, William Herschel discovered # Titania and #Oberon, the 2 largest moons of Uranus. gave them the names of two characters from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Non Serviam on X: "Jan. 11th #OTD in 1787, William Herschel discovered # Titania and #Oberon, the 2 largest moons of Uranus. gave them the names of two characters from Shakespeare's A Midsummer](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dwq9x8aX4AA3luz.jpg)
Non Serviam on X: "Jan. 11th #OTD in 1787, William Herschel discovered # Titania and #Oberon, the 2 largest moons of Uranus. gave them the names of two characters from Shakespeare's A Midsummer
Earth Shaker - #AstroOTD | On this day in 1787, the first two moons of Uranus were discovered Uranus is the 7th planet in the solar system and consists of 27 moons.
AstroCamp - #TBT on this day in 1787, William Herschel, a German astronomer, discovered the first two moons of Uranus, Titania and Oberon! | Facebook
![Sir William Herschel on X: "In 1787, I had discovered two moons around Uranus: Titania and Oberon. Two years later, using my larger telescope, I found Saturn's sixth and seventh moons, Enceladus Sir William Herschel on X: "In 1787, I had discovered two moons around Uranus: Titania and Oberon. Two years later, using my larger telescope, I found Saturn's sixth and seventh moons, Enceladus](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOaPWEwVQAAZSFF.jpg)
Sir William Herschel on X: "In 1787, I had discovered two moons around Uranus: Titania and Oberon. Two years later, using my larger telescope, I found Saturn's sixth and seventh moons, Enceladus
![Pauline Park on X: "German astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel discovered the moons of Uranus — Oberon & Titania — #OnThisDay in 1787, after having discovered the planet itself in 1781: https://t.co/evKnzqLN3y https://t.co/VVdkuHjkV6" / Pauline Park on X: "German astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel discovered the moons of Uranus — Oberon & Titania — #OnThisDay in 1787, after having discovered the planet itself in 1781: https://t.co/evKnzqLN3y https://t.co/VVdkuHjkV6" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GDncQqRXYAAsGYu.jpg)