Astronomy Picture of the Day ·

Miranda

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for February 19, 1998 is “Miranda,” an image. It is credited to Credit: Voyager Project, JPL, NASA. The original explanation runs about 149 words.

Miranda
Credit: Voyager Project, JPL, NASA Shown from science.nasa.gov. Not hosted by OpenOrbit.

From the explanation

“Miranda is a bizarre world which surely had a tempest uous past. The innermost of the larger Uranian moons, Miranda is almost 300 miles in diameter and was discovered only 50 years ago (February 16, 1948) by the renown American planetary astronomer Gerard Kuiper .”

— APOD editors, February 19, 1998

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date
February 19, 1998
Type
Image
Credit
Credit: Voyager Project, JPL, NASA
Copyright
No copyright notice on the entry. Check the credited institution’s own usage rules before reusing it.
Explanation length
About 149 words

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