ZONABANTEN.com – February 16 1948 good news for the realm of solar system research. Research is growing again after the discovery of a celestial object revolving around a planet Uranus.
The celestial object is called Miranda. Miranda’s name is taken from a drama character by Shakespeare.
Miranda satellite smallest planet Uranus found on February 16 1948 between satellite Uranus which amounts to 27 satellite Uranus.
Topographically, satellite Miranda has the most extreme and most varied topography.
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Formation satellite Miranda is still a hypothesis from previous astronomer research.
In research at the observatory, one of the astronomers is Gerard Kuiper.
Kuiper, a Dutch-born astronomer at the time, using the McDonald Observatory’s 82-inch (2.08 mm) Otto Strive telescope, discovered a new movement in orbit. Uranus.
The Miranda satellite is perpendicular to the equator in the planet’s orbit Uranus. Specially, Kuiper found this object moving between the four satellite Uranus other.
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