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Old October 6th 03, 11:06 PM
C. F. Leon
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Default Hubble Uncovers Smallest Moons Yet Seen Around Uranus

Hop David wrote in message ...

Do Uranus' moons lie in her equatorial plane? (So far my casual googling
is giving me no answer)

Hop
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Pretty much all the moons in the solar system are in the host planet's
equatorial plane. There are exceptions, such as the far outer moons of
Jupiter and Saturn's Iapetus and Phoebe. The 2 major exceptions are
Luna and Triton (which is the only major moon with a retrograde
orbit).
There are OTHER sources than Google. Any good astronomy text would
probably give you the answer.