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Miranda

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

Add-on	Source	Version	Author	Type	Release Date	Compatibility
Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Miranda
The Outer Planets 050223 Update	O-F Resources	2005-02-23	VF2_Rolf	Scenery	23 February 2005
The Outer Planets 050125	AVSIM	050125	Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn	Scenery	26 January 2005	Orbiter 2005-P1
2005 (with P1 patch files)	O-F Resources	050216	martins	Orbiter Download	16 February 2005	Orbiter 2005
Orbiter 2003-P2	O-F Resources	031217	martins	Orbiter Download	17 December 2003	Orbiter 2003-P2
Orbiter 2003-P1	O-F Resources	031105	martins	Orbiter Download	5 November 2003
Uranus / Neptune Moons Addon	AVSIM		Robert Stettner (Foxtrot)	Scenery	12 October 2002

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 == Gallery ==
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 Miranda021012.jpg|<center>Miranda in Orbiter 2002</center>
 Miranda-orbiter2002p3.jpg|<center>Miranda in Orbiter 2002P3</center>