- Original Caption Released with Image:
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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:
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NASA/JPL
Image Addition Date:
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1998-11-13
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