PIA01354: Uranus' innermost satellite Miranda

Target Name: Miranda Is a satellite of: Uranus Mission: Voyager Spacecraft: Voyager 2 Instrument: Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle Product Size: 800 samples x 800 lines Produced By: JPL Producer ID: P29512 Addition Date: 1998-11-13 Primary Data Set: Voyager EDRs Full-Res TIFF: PIA01354.tif (212.4 kB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA01354.jpg (48.46 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: Miranda, innermost of Uranus' large satellites, is seen at close range in this Voyager 2 image, taken Jan. 24, 1986, as part of a high-resolution mosaicing sequence. Voyager was some 36,000 kilometers (22,000 miles) away from Miranda. This clear-filter, narrow-angle image shows an area about 250 km (150 mi) across, at a resolution of about 800 meters (2,600 feet). Two distinct terrain types are visible: a rugged, higher-elevation terrain (right) and a lower, striated terrain. Numerous craters on the rugged, higher terrain indicate that it is older than the lower terrain. Several scarps, probably faults, cut the different terrains. The impact crater in the lower part of this image is about 25 km (15 mi) across. The Voyager project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Image Credit: NASA/JPL