Moon
Miranda
Moon of Uranus
Moon of Uranus
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Miranda is the smallest and innermost of Uranus's five round satellites. It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on 16 February 1948 at McDonald Observatory in Texas, and named after Miranda from William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Like the other large moons of Uranus, Miranda orbits close to its planet's equatorial plane. Because Uranus orbits the Sun on its side, Miranda's orbit is nearly perpendicular to the ecliptic and shares Uranus's extreme seasonal cycle.
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Key facts
Distance
Orbits Uranus
Orbits
Uranus
Orbital period
1.41 days
Discovered
1948 · Gerard Kuiper
Orbits
Uranus
