2-701-507 - Heritage Space/Heritage Images

Miranda, one of the moons of Uranus, seen from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986. High-resolution image of Miranda, also designated Uranus V, the smallest and innermost of Uranus' five moons. The Voyager unmanned spacecraft was approximately 36,000 kilometers (22,000 miles) away from Miranda. This narrow-angle image, part of a mosaicing sequence, shows an area about 250 km (150 miles) 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 is about 25 km (15 miles) across.