Miranda

  • News HeadlinesFound traces of the collapse of the rings of Uranus on the satellite Miranda

    Found traces of the collapse of the rings of Uranus on the satellite Miranda

    (ORDO NEWS) — Scientists at the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute in California have determined the likely origin of Miranda’s regolith deposits, which could have been caused by part of Uranus’ rings collapsing onto the moon‘s surface. The results of the study, will help planetary scientists determine the internal structure of Miranda and…

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    Scientists investigate the origin of regolith on Uranus’ moon Miranda

    (ORDO NEWS) — In a recent study published in the journal Planetary Science, scientists at the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute in California examined the likely origin of regolith deposits on Uranus’ moon Miranda. The purpose of this work was to study the internal structure of Miranda, which would allow to determine whether…

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  • News HeadlinesMiranda moon of Uranus doomed to suffering 1

    Miranda, moon of Uranus, doomed to suffering

    (ORDO NEWS) — In January 1986, NASA‘s Voyager 2 spacecraft became the first man-made object to reach the planet Uranus . As of April 2022, Voyager 2 remains the only Earth probe to fly past Uranus. While briefly studying the planet’s system, Voyager 2 paid close attention to Miranda (pictured above), Uranus’ closest moon, which…

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    Moons of Uranus Miranda

    (ORDO NEWS) — Miranda is the closest and smallest of the five rounded moons of Uranus , the seventh planet from the Sun in the solar system. The satellite is named after the girl Miranda, who is the heroine of William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. In addition, this mysterious satellite appears in Arthur C. Clarke’s…

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