Miranda is a small Uranian moon, about one-seventh the diameter of Earth's Moon, with an unusually varied and complex geology of giant fault canyons and distinctive ridged terrains called coronae.
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Source NASA Solar System Exploration
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1. NASA Solar System Exploration
National Aeronautics and Space Administrationscience.nasa.gov, Uranus Moons: Miranda
Due to Miranda's low gravity and large cliffs, a rock dropped off the edge of the highest cliff would take a full 10 minutes to reach the foot of the cliff.
Entity description, miranda catalogue classification
Miranda is a small Uranian moon, about one-seventh the diameter of Earth's Moon, with an unusually varied and complex geology of giant fault canyons and distinctive ridged terrains called coronae.
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In Group: Moons of Uranus, Lead sentenceQuote, In Group: Moons of Uranus, Lead sentence
Like the other large moons of Uranus, Miranda orbits close to its planet's equatorial plane.
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