Miranda: The Frankenstein Moon Orbiting Uranus
Sure, it's a matter of taste... but many agree that one of the strangest moons in the solar system is the misshapen Miranda, the smallest and innermost of Uranus's five major moons.
Discovered by Gerard Kuiper on February 16, 1948, it was named after a heroine from Shakespeare's "The Tempest." However, the Shakespearean Miranda is a young and beautiful woman, while this moon looks like it was pieced together, much like Frankenstein's monster.
This small, lumpy moon, features a surface covered with skewed and intersecting ice slabs, oddly rugged terrains, pockmarked plains, and dark, irregular canyons.
How did this deformed landscape come to be? Was the moon bombarded by meteors? Did it survive a massive collision? Is it the result of stretching and squeezing caused by Uranus's gravity? We don't know yet! Or maybe we do..
Follow along and let's try to uncover the truth together!
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Credits: Ron Miller, Mark A. Garlick / MarkGarlick.com ,Elon Musk/SpaceX/ Flickr
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00:00 Intro
0:01 Miranda History And Facts
1:30 The moons of Uranus ( Oberon, Titania, Umbriel, Miranda)
6:30 Voyager Discovered Other Moons
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