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Miranda, also designated Uranus V, 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 Shakespeare's play The Tempest. [9]
Thus Miranda (discovered 1948) is Uranus V despite being the innermost of Uranus' five round satellites. The missing Saturn VII is Hyperion, which is not large enough to be round (mean radius 135 ± 4 km).
In 1948, Gerard Kuiper at the McDonald Observatory discovered the smallest and the last of the five large, spherical moons, Miranda. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Decades later, the flyby of the Voyager 2 space probe in January 1986 led to the discovery of ten further inner moons. [ 2 ]
The timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites charts the progress of the discovery of new bodies over history. Each object is listed in chronological order of its discovery (multiple dates occur when the moments of imaging, observation, and publication differ), identified through its various designations (including temporary and permanent schemes), and the ...
Kuiper discovered two natural satellites of planets in the Solar System, namely Uranus's satellite Miranda and Neptune's satellite Nereid. In addition, he discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Mars, and the existence of a methane-laced atmosphere above Saturn's satellite Titan in 1944.
Verona Rupes is the tallest known cliff on Miranda, a moon of Uranus, and plausibly holds the record for the highest cliff in the Solar System.It was discovered by the Voyager 2 space probe in January 1986.
Miranda Kerr “His name is Pierre after my late grandfather, Peter. So French for Peter,” Kerr, 41, tells PEOPLE about her 8-month-old son at the 2024 Baby2Baby Gala on Saturday, Nov. 9.
This is a list of named geological features on Miranda. Craters. Mirandan craters are named after characters in Shakespeare's The Tempest. Crater Coordinate