Today, in 1948, Uranus’s moon “Miranda” was discovered
On February 16, 1948, Dutch-American astronomer Gerald Kuiper discovered Uranus's moon Miranda, from Texas. The image makes me wonder what exactly happened to the poor moon, yet it looks so beautiful.
Fun fact: this tiny moon of just 500 km in diameter has the tallest cliff in the Solar System. Verona Rupes has a height of 20 km.
The entire surface is crisscrossed with a bunch of tectonic faults that make no sense given the small size of Miranda. There is so much we don’t know about it and the Uranian system, the only spaceship we got to fly there was Voyager 2 in the 80s on a flyby.
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Miranda, cold and scarred, always took her own path.
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And the Reavers were found soon after
Am i the only one who sees a sad face?
Seems incomplete in some way.
Fun fact: this tiny moon of just 500 km in diameter has the tallest cliff in the Solar System. Verona Rupes has a height of 20 km.
The entire surface is crisscrossed with a bunch of tectonic faults that make no sense given the small size of Miranda. There is so much we don’t know about it and the Uranian system, the only spaceship we got to fly there was Voyager 2 in the 80s on a flyby.
Miranda, cold and scarred, always took her own path.
Great, now you’ve gone and activated River Tam