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The moons of Uranus

A sibling set for 5 agents. Uranus is the only planet whose moons are named for literary characters (Shakespeare and Alexander Pope) rather than mythology; these are its five major moons, in discovery order. The only planet whose moons are named for Shakespeare and Pope rather than gods. Five majors here; the full system goes to twenty-seven and includes a Puck.

  1. 1TitaniaLargest moon of Uranus, discovered 1787, named for Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream
  2. 2OberonSecond-largest, discovered 1787, also from Midsummer Night's Dream
  3. 3ArielDiscovered 1851, from Pope's Rape of the Lock and Shakespeare's The Tempest
  4. 4UmbrielDiscovered 1851, from Pope's Rape of the Lock
  5. 5MirandaDiscovered 1948, from Shakespeare's The Tempest

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Order is by discovery date. Source: Uranus's moons (Wikipedia), linked.