Moon
Miranda
TypeMoon
Mass6.59 × 10¹⁹ kg
Diameter471 km
Orbital Radius129,390 km
Orbital Period1.413 days
Rotation Period33.9 hours
Known Moons0
Surface Gravity0.079 m/s²
Average Temp-187 °C
AtmosphereNone
Discovered ByGerard Kuiper
Discovery Year1948
About Miranda
A jumbled patchwork world with Verona Rupes, a 20 km tall cliff, the tallest known in the solar system. Its chaotic terrain suggests either shattering and reassembly or extreme tidal heating in the past. Voyager 2 flew within 30,000 km in 1986.
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