It was thus believed for many decades thereafter that Uranus had a system of six satellites, though the four latter moons were never confirmed by any other astronomer.
人们由此在之后几十年的时间里普遍认为天王星拥有6颗卫星组成的卫星系统，但之后发现的这4颗卫星始终未能得到其他天文学家的确认。