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Miranda

Also known as Uranus V, Miranda (moon)

smallest of the large moons of Uranus

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Miranda is the smallest of Uranus's large moons. It is notable for having an extremely unusual and dramatic surface covered with jagged cliffs and deep canyons, making it one of the most geologically complex and visually striking moons in our solar system.

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Area: 700000
Diameter: 468
Mass: 66
Orbital period: 1.413479
Image: Miranda mosaic in color - Voyager 2.png

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Commons category: Miranda (moon)
time of discovery or invention: 1948-02-16
albedo: 0.32
apparent magnitude: 15.8
semi-major axis of an orbit: 129872
orbital eccentricity: 0.0013
orbital inclination: 4.232
surface gravity: 0.079
temperature: 84

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Apparent magnitude 16.6 Absolute magnitude (H) 3.08

Miranda is the smallest and innermost of Uranus's five round satellites. It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on 16 February 1948 at McDonald Observatory in Texas, and named after Miranda from William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Like the other large moons of Uranus, Miranda orbits close to its planet's equatorial plane. Because Uranus orbits the Sun on its side, Miranda's orbit is nearly perpendicular to the ecliptic and shares Uranus's extreme seasonal cycle.