... Miranda is the innermost of Uranus' large moons. orbit : 129,850 km from Uranus ... cratered terrain intermixed with weird grooves, valleys and cliffs (one over 5 ... Everyone had expected that Uranus' moons would show very little history of internal ...
... It is the only large moon to orbit "backwards", the only other moons with retrograde orbits are Jupiter 's moons Ananke , Carme , Pasiphae and Sinope and Saturn 's Phoebe all of which are less than 1/10 the diameter of Triton. ...
... Prometheus has a number of ridges and valleys and several craters about 20 km in diameter but appears to be less cratered than the neighboring moons Pandora , Janus and Epimetheus . ...
... of the lunar Alps are highlighted in this sharp digital mosaic of the Moon's surface ... range (lower right) is the lunar Alpine Valley , about 160 kilometers long and up to ... Still, a 150 pound skier would weigh a mere 25 pounds on the Moon . ...
... Explanation: On January 25th, light from a first quarter Moon illuminated this dreamlike landscape looking across the rugged ... The eerie glow along the Haraz valley in the foreground is light from cars traveling a highway leading from Tehran to the ...
... of Europa, Jupiter's ice-covered moon - including this close-up image of fractured ... array of surface features in a 5.9 x 9.9 mile area near the moon's equatorial region ... Serpentine valleys and lumpy features of unknown origins are also visible. ...
... The innermost of the larger Uranian moons, Miranda is almost 300 miles in diameter and was discovered only 50 years ago ... images of Miranda shows wild juxtapositions of ridges and valleys, older cratered and younger smooth surfaces, and shadowy ...
... The innermost of the larger Uranian moons, Miranda is almost 300 miles in diameter and was discovered in 1948 by American ... images of Miranda shows wild juxtapositions of ridges and valleys, older cratered and younger smooth surfaces, and shadowy ...
... Montes Alpes) are highlighted in this sharp digital snapshot of the Moon's surface ... feature cutting through the mountains is the lunar Alpine Valley (Vallis Alpes ... Mare Frigoris (Sea of Cold) the valley extends toward the upper right, about 160 ...