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'''Miranda''' is a [[natural satellite]] of [[Uranus]].
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Miranda
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:MirandaOrbiter2016.jpg|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Miranda in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client'''
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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|Name||align="right"|Miranda, Uranus V
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|[[Uranus]]
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|2010.0
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|129.87×10<sup>6</sup> m
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.0014
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|96.44799101° <br> (1.683335 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|163.4949965° <br> (2.853526 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|242.2809905° <br> (4.228601 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|143.0330121° <br> (2.496397 radian)
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|235800 m
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|6.33×10<sup>19</sup> kg
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Miranda.cfg (Orbiter 2016)
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'''Miranda''' is innermost and smallest of the five [[natural satellites|moons]] of [[Uranus]]. It was discovered by [[w:Gerard Kuiper|Gerard Kuiper]] on 16 February 1948 at the [[w:McDonald Observatory|McDonald Observatory]] in [[w:Texas|Texas]] in the [[w:United States|United States]].
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== Miranda in Orbiter ==
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Miranda was first introduced to Orbiter in the add-on uranus-neptune-moons.zip in October 2002.
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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Miranda'''</center>
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!Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
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|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=uranus-neptune-moons.zip&Author=&CatID=root Uranus / Neptune Moons Addon]||AVSIM||||Robert Stettner (Foxtrot)||Scenery||12 October 2002||||
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery>
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Miranda021012.jpg|<center>Miranda in Orbiter 2002</center>
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Miranda mosaic in color - Voyager 2.png|<center>Miranda as seen by the [[w:Voyager 2|Voyager 2]] spacecraft in 1986<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
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</gallery>
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{{UranusSat}}
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[[Category:Celestial bodies]]
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Revision as of 03:11, 3 August 2024

Miranda
MirandaOrbiter2016.jpg
Miranda in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client
Designation
Name Miranda, Uranus V
Reference body Uranus
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 2010.0
Semimajor axis (a) 129.87×106 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.0014
Inclination (i) 96.44799101°
(1.683335 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 163.4949965°
(2.853526 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 242.2809905°
(4.228601 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 143.0330121°
(2.496397 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 235800 m
Mass 6.33×1019 kg
Note *Elements given are from Miranda.cfg (Orbiter 2016)


Miranda is innermost and smallest of the five moons of Uranus. It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on 16 February 1948 at the McDonald Observatory in Texas in the United States.

Miranda in Orbiter

Miranda was first introduced to Orbiter in the add-on uranus-neptune-moons.zip in October 2002.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Miranda
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
Uranus / Neptune Moons Addon AVSIM Robert Stettner (Foxtrot) Scenery 12 October 2002

Gallery

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Uranus's natural satellites

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Numbered Satellites:

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