Miranda (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Miranda (pronounced /mɨˈrændə/ ) is the smallest and innermost of Uranus' five major moons. It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on 1948-02-16 at McDonald Observatory. It was named after Miranda ...
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Miranda ("mi RAN duh") is the eleventh of Uranus's known satellites. Miranda is the innermost of Uranus' large moons. ... At first, Voyager 2's images of Miranda were a mystery. Everyone had expected that Uranus' moons would show very little history of internal activity (like Callisto).
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Questions about Miranda Uranus
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Miranda, the smallest and innermost of Uranus’ five major moons, at first looks like something squashed together using pieces scavenged from the scrap heap of planetary formation. Its rolling, cratered terrains resemble the ancient highlands of our Moon. ... The three coronae of Miranda -- ... Space Topics: Uranus...
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Miranda is the eleventh moon of Uranus and is the fifth largest. Miranda is unique because its surface is composed of a jumbled assortment of different terrains. ... Miranda [mih-RAN-dah] is the eleventh of Uranus' moons and is the fifth largest. It is the smallest and innermost of the planet's five major moons and is without...
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Some of the most bizarre sights in the solar system have been seen by robotic eyes on the moons of the giant outer planets. ... Birth of Uranus' Provocative Moon Still Puzzles Scientists ; By Andrew Chaikin; Editor, ... In the minds of many planetary scientists, Miranda is the solar system's strangest moon. But the main...
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Miranda is a moon of the planet Uranus. It is the smallest of the moons that orbit Uranus and the closest to the planet. It is sometimes called "Uranus V". ... This moon takes the same time to orbit Uranus as it does to rotate around its axis. This means that it has become tidally locked. The gravity from Uranus has caused...
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Uranus' Moon Miranda; Miranda (Uranus V) ... Uranus' moon Miranda is shown in a computer-assembled mosaic of images obtained January 24, 1986, by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. Miranda is the innermost and smallest of the five major Uranian satellites, just 480 kilometers (about 300 miles) in diameter.
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Uranus has 27 moons, all of which are named after characters in Shakespeare and Alexander Pope works. The five main satellites, in order of proximity to Uranus, are Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon. Before the Voyager 2 studied Uranus in 1986, these five moons were the only ones known to exist.
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