This is an image of Miranda.
Click on image for full size
NASA
Related links:
Table of moons
Uranus' Moons and Rings
Uranus has
interesting moons and a ring system. At Uranus there is even a half ring, or "ring arc".
The moons are Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Caliban,
Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano and 1986 U 10.
That's a lot of moons!
Shop Windows to the Universe Science Store!
Our
online store includes fun
classroom activities for you and your students.
Issues of NESTA's quarterly journal, The Earth Scientist are also full of classroom activities on different topics in Earth and space science!
You might also be interested in:
Puck was discovered by Voyager 2 in 1986. Puck is one of the small moons, and is about as wide as a county.
...more
Miranda was discovered by G. Kuiper in 1948. Miranda one of the smallest icy moons, and is as wide as the distance from Los Angeles to San Francisco. The surface features of this moon are hard to see in
...more
Umbriel was discovered by W. Lassell in 1851. Umbriel is about as wide as the Oregon coast line. The surface features of this moon are very hard to see in this image, but suggest that Umbriel may be one
...more
Titania was discovered by W. Herschel in 1787. Titania is about as wide as the state of California is long. The surface features of this moon are hard to see in this image. The surface suggests that Titania
...more
Oberon was discovered by W. Herschel in 1787. Oberon is about as wide as the state of California is long. Oberon is probably one of the icy moons.
...moreThe surface of Miranda is very unusual. It is not like any other moon in the solar system. Miranda has many craters but also very big grooves. These show that there has been activity inside Miranda in
...moreThe surface of Oberon is like many icy moons. It appears to be changed for it does not have many craters. Instead it has grooves similar to those found on Ganymede. These grooves extend for ma ny kilometers
...moreThe surface of Oberon is like many icy moons. It appears to be changed for it does not have many craters. Instead it has grooves similar to those found on Ganymede. These grooves extend for ma ny kilometers
...more
