This may help provide water for astronauts exploring the Moon during the Artemis program. It also orbits the closest of the five larger moons. Miranda's giant fault canyons are as much as 12 times as deep as the Grand Canyon. "​, Director, NASA Planetary Science Division: fi:Miranda (kuu) Legendary explorers and visionaries, real and fictitious, are among those immortalized in the first set of official surface-feature names for Pluto's largest moon, Charon.

Miranda was discovered in 1948 by astronomer Gerard Kuiper. nl:Miranda (maan)no:Miranda (måne) ro:Miranda (satelit)scn:Miranda Miranda’s surface has several tectonic regions that look like raceways called coronae.

Site Manager: It was the first satellite of Uranus discovered in nearly 100 years. NASA's next giant leap may be aided by tiny lunar robots that would help scout the lunar surface. Planetary scientist Geronimo Villanueva created the sunset simulations while building a tool for a possible mission to Uranus. The Voyager 2 spacecraft is the only mission to fly close enough to image Miranda. Our solar system is a stormy place. The rocket booster segments that will help power NASA’s first Artemis flight test mission around the Moon arrived at KSC. pl:Miranda (księżyc) It is named after one of the characters in Shakespeares play, “The Tempest”. For nearly fifty years following their discovery, Titania and Oberon would not be observed by any instrument other than William Herschel's, although the moon can be seen from Earthwith a present-day high end amateur telescope. fa:میراندا (ماه)gl:Miranda (lúa)hr:Miranda (mjesec) Miranda was discovered in telescopic photos of the Uranian system by Gerard P. Kuiper on Feb. 16, 1948 at the McDonald Observatory in western Texas. Here’s a quick look back at some highlights from six decades of exploration—and a glimpse of what’s ahead. Miranda reveals a complex geologic history in this view, acquired by Voyager 2 on Jan. 24, 1986, around its close approach to the Uranian moon. Bill Dunford, A 3D model of Miranda, a moon of Uranus. Guiding that effort are NASA test directors, or NTDs. lt:Miranda (palydovas) The Kuiper Belt of the outer solar system is named for him. At about 500 km in diameter, it's only one-seventh as large as Earth's moon, a size that seems unlikely to support much tectonic activity. Yet Miranda sports one of the strangest and most varied landscapes among extraterrestrial bodies, including three large features known as "coronae," which are unique among known objects in our solar system. Miranda's surface has patchwork regions of broken terrain indicating intense geological activity in the moon's past, and is criss-crossed by huge canyons. This extreme height combined with Miranda´s low gravity (0,018g) would make for a spectacular base-jump. Verona Rupes is the largest cliff in the solar system. Now, researchers show the gravitational pull of Uranus may have distorted Miranda enough to heat it up, leading its innards to churn much as Earth's does — thus explaining the coronae. The next-generation radiometer is being developed to study the atmospheres of Uranus or Neptune, but could be used to study any atmosphere. Dr. Lori Glaze This texture could be the result of eons of micrometeorite strikes tilling the soil. The Voyager 2 spacecraft is the only mission to fly close enough to image Miranda. The ridges probably represent extensional tilt blocks. NASA Official: This indicates that its surface is porous, casting reflectivity-decreasing shadows when illuminated at other angles. sv:Miranda (måne) Image Credit: JPL. There are no other missions to Miranda planned at this time. No two surface areas on Miranda are alike. It was also featured in Arthur C. Clark’s novel “2001: A Space Odyssey”. Ten things to know about Voyager 2 on the 40th anniversary of its launch. sl:Miranda (luna) It was the last moon of Uranus to be discovered prior to Voyager 2's visit in 1986. Hubble uncovered a new dark storm on Neptune and provided a fresh look at a long-lived storm on Uranus. Join us on a tour of storms. Whether you're doing it for the nerd cred or the pie, this week on #10Things, we've got all the ways you can celebrate #PiDay with NASA. Evolution through the Miranda-Umbriel 3:1, Miranda-Ariel 5:3, and Ariel-Umbriel 2:1 mean-motion commensurabilities, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WGF-473182X-22Y&_coverDate=06%2F30%2F1990&_alid=431841654&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_qd=1&_cdi=6821&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000052082&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1234512&md5=d7959dcca75860d54783b9dda43cacba, Paul Schenk's 3D images and flyover videos of Miranda and other outer solar system satellites, https://gravity.wikia.org/wiki/Miranda_(moon)?oldid=8497. Miranda's brightness increases dramatically when it is in opposition―that is, when the observer is directly between it and the Sun. We're talking about the ice giants. Observations are limited but it is certain that the cliffs rise at least 5 kilometers above the ground below. lit) Before NASA’s mighty Space Launch System (SLS) rocket can blast off from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center to send the Orion spacecraft into lunar orbit, teams across the country conduct extensive tests. la:Miranda (satelles) Miranda was named for the daughter of Prospero in William Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest. Technicians recently finished applying more than 180 blocks of ablative material to the heat shield for the Orion spacecraft. At least three terrain types of different age and geologic style are evident at this resolution of about 700 meters (2,300 feet). Unlike the other four main Uranian satellites, Miranda's orbit is slightly inclined. simple:Miranda (moon) Phillips Davis

Miranda's surface is nearly as bright as that of Ariel, the brightest of the larger Uranian moons, but none of them reflect more than about a third of the sunlight that strikes them. Like Frankenstein's monster, Miranda looks like it was pieced together from parts that didn't quite merge properly. Miranda is one of the smallest bodies in the solar system to be self-rounded under its own gravity. Hydrogen sulfide, the gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive odor, has been verified as one of the key components of clouds at Uranus. Miranda is the smallest of the rounded satellites of Uranus. Credit: NASA Visualization Technology Applications and Development (VTAD). Of the five Uranian moons known before Voyager 2 visited the planet, Miranda is the smallest and closest to the planet. All of the moons of Uranus are name… Miranda was discovered in telescopic photos of the Uranian system by Gerard P. Kuiper on Feb. 16, 1948 at the McDonald Observatory in western Texas. One of them has a “checkmark” shaped feature in the centre. NASA's Lunar Flashlight, a briefcase-sized satellite, or CubeSat, will detect surface ice believed to be at the bottom of craters on the Moon that have never been exposed to sunlight.

NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has captured these six infrared views of the Martian moon Phobos. ht:Miranda sr:Миранда Another, perhaps more likely, scenario is that the coronae are sites of large rocky or metallic meteorite strikes which partially melted the icy subsurface and resulted in episodic periods of slushy water rising to Miranda's surface and refreezing. These are two enormous planets in our outer solar system: Uranus and Neptune. Miranda has experienced geological activity that was likely caused by tidal heating when this little moon was in orbital resonance with its neighbour Umbriel. The next full Moon will peak after midnight on Wednesday morning, Sept. 2, 2020, The Moon will appear full for about three days around this time, from Monday evening through Thursday morning. Infrared images from NASA's Juno spacecraft are providing the first glimpse of Ganymede's icy north pole.

On Uranus´small moon Miranda lies a monumental cliff wall believed to be the tallest in the Solar System.