Miranda (moon)
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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 S
Gerard P. Kuiper, discoverer of Miranda
Miranda, Uranus, and its other moons photographed by the Cerro Paranal Observatory.
Miranda's size compared to 1 Ceres and the Moon
Close-up view of Verona Rupes, a cliff 5 to 10 km (3.1 to 6.2 mi) high.
Uranus
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Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical phase of matter, which astronomy calls
Miranda (moon)
…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…
William Herschel, discoverer of Uranus
Johann Elert Bode, the astronomer who suggested the name Uranus
Uranus seen through an amateur telescope, shortly after lunar occultation, during the November 2022 lunar eclipse
Size comparison of Earth and Uranus