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Miranda
is one of
Uranus'
moons
. It is the smallest, and the one which has the least rotation time.
Gerard Kuiper
discovered it in 1948, February 16th and named it after
Miranda
, Prospero's daughter in
William Shakespeare
's play
The Tempest
. Sometimes it is also called
Uranus V
.
It's one of Uranus' strangest moons. Its complex surface may indicate partial melting of its interior, with icy material drifting to the surface.
The
probe
Voyager 2
made some
photos
in 1986. These are the only images that exist, so far. Geologically, it is the most active body in the Uranus system. The grooves and troughs reach depths of a few kilometers (or miles) and expose materials of different albedos (reflectivity). The features suggest a long, complex geologic evolution of this satellite.
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A picture of Miranda
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Verona Rupes
, the highest known
cliff
in the
Solar System
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An array of fractures, grooves and craters. This clear-filter, narrow-angle view shows areas of older, heavily cratered terrain with a wide variety of forms.
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