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  Miranda, A Moon of Uranus
Miranda [mih-RAN-dah] is not one of the larger satellites of Uranus; however, it was the one that was approached the closest by Voyager 2.
Miranda consists of huge fault canyons as deep as 20 kilometers (12 miles), terraced layers and a mixture of old and young surfaces.
This color composite of the Uranian satellite Miranda was taken by Voyager 2 on January 24, 1986, from a distance of 147,000 kilometers (91,000 miles).
www.solarviews.com /eng/miranda.htm   (1223 words)

  
 Miranda
Miranda is the innermost of Uranus' large moons.
Miranda is a daughter of the magician Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
It was initially thought that Miranda had been completely shattered and reassembled several times in its history, each time burying some parts of the original surface and exposing some of the interior.
seds.lpl.arizona.edu /nineplanets/nineplanets/miranda.html   (457 words)

  
 Miranda (moon) - guideofcasinos.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Miranda (mi-ran'-da) is the smallest and innermost of Uranus' major moons.
Miranda's surface may be mostly water ice, with the low density body being made of silicate rock and methane-related organic compounds.
Miranda's surface is criss-crossed by huge canyons up to 20 kilometres (12 miles) deep, with patchwork regions of broken terrain indicating intense geological activity in the moon's past.
www.guideofcasinos.com /Miranda_%28moon%29.html   (321 words)

  
 THE MESSAGE OF THE MOON MIRANDA
MIRANDA WAS ALSO THE CLEAREST PICTURES THAT VOYAGER 2 TOOK ON ITS WHOLE JOURNEY.
THE MOON MIRANDA HAS BEEN SET UP AS A BOOK, AND CAN BE READ AS A BOOK.
PART 5 SHOWS YOU A BITTER PICTURE ON THE MOON MIRANDA OF THE OUTCOME OF THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE, AND OF THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/5583/index.htm   (456 words)

  
 Miranda
Miranda is the innermost of Uranus' large moons.
Miranda is a daughter of the magician Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Voyager 2 passed so close to Miranda and the light levels are so low there (almost 3 billion km from the Sun) that special measures had to be employed to avoid smearing the images.
www.seds.org /nineplanets/nineplanets/miranda.html   (457 words)

  
 APOD: December 24, 1995 - Uranus' Moon Miranda   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Miranda than to any Solar System body and hence photographed it with the clearest resolution.
Miranda's heavily cratered terrain shows grooves like Jupiter's moon Ganymede and several valleys and cliffs.
Miranda is made of a roughly equal mix of ice and rock.
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap951224.html   (105 words)

  
 BBC - Science & Nature - Space - Miranda
Miranda's surface is dominated by grooves hundreds of kilometres long, and ice cliffs 20 km high.
Because the path of the moons is at right angles to the movement of the rest of the planets, you'll need to plan your arrival on Ariel well.
Miranda was the smallest of the Uranian moons to have been discovered with an Earth-based telescope.
www.bbc.co.uk /science/space/solarsystem/uranus/miranda.shtml   (382 words)

  
 Miranda (moon) information - Search.com
Miranda (mər-an'-də, IPA /məˈrændə/) is the smallest and innermost of Uranus' major moons.
Miranda's surface may be mostly water ice, with the low density body being made of silicate rock and organic compounds.
Miranda's surface is criss-crossed by huge canyons up to 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep, with patchwork regions of broken terrain indicating intense geological activity in the moon's past.
www.search.com /reference/Miranda_(moon)   (399 words)

  
 NASA's Solar System Exploration: Planets: Uranus: Moons: Miranda
Miranda [mih-RAN-dah] is not one of the larger satellites of Uranus; however, it was the one that was approached the closest by Voyager 2.
Miranda is a small satellite with a diameter of 470 kilometers (290 miles).
Miranda consists of huge fault canyons as deep as 20 kilometers (12 miles), terraced layers and a mixture of old and young surfaces.
solarsystem.nasa.gov /planets/profile.cfm?Object=Ura_Miranda   (525 words)

  
 Utter Trash--Miranda's Moon
Miranda’s Moon (Johnny Takeaway – vocals, guitar, and keyboards, Retro Rocket – lead guitar, Bot - bass, and Jewbacca - drums) is not an easy band to categorize.
Miranda is a moon of Uranus, so Miranda’s Moon is a moon of a moon.
Miranda’s Moon started out as a trio under a different name at the turn of the century.
www.uttertrash.net /mirandasmoon.htm   (798 words)

  
 Moonlight - a shrine to Miranda of Legend of Dragoon
Moonlight - a shrine to Miranda of Legend of Dragoon
Miranda fought against the God of Destruction to stop a fate of death for all living creatures.
Miranda returned to Mille Seseau where Wink had almost recovered from her wounds.
miranda.endiness.net /ending.html   (214 words)

  
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