Solar System Exploration: Planets: Uranus: Moons: Miranda: Facts & Figures

Uranus: Moons: Miranda: Facts & Figures

Discovered By

G. Kuiper

Date of Discovery

1948

Average Distance from Uranus

Metric: 129,872 km

Equatorial Radius

Metric: 240.4 x 234.2 x 232.9 km

Mass

Metric: 66,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg

Scientific Notation: 6.6 x 10¹⁹ kg

Rotation Period (Length of Day)

1.41347925 Earth days

By Comparison: Rotation is synchronous with Uranus, similar to Earth and moon.

Orbit Period (Length of Year)

1.41347925 Earth days

Orbital Eccentricity

0.0027

Orbital Inclination to Ecliptic

4.2 degrees

Additional Information:

Miranda's rotation is synchronus with Uranus.

1. Cordelia
2. Ophelia
3. Bianca
4. Cressida
5. Desdemona
6. Juliet
7. Portia

8. Rosalind
9. Mab
10. Belinda
11. Perdita
12. Puck
13. Cupid
14. Miranda

15. Francisco
16. Ariel
17. Umbriel
18. Titania
19. Oberon
20. Caliban
21. Stephano

22. Trinculo
23. Sycorax
24. Margaret
25. Prospero
26. Setebos
27. Ferdinand