Miranda - High Resolution Mosaic
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Miranda - High Resolution Mosaic
January 24, 1986
Gelatin silver print
Image: 23.2 x 19.4 cm
Overall: 25.5 x 20.2 cm
Gift of NASA and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Inscriptions verso (applied label, typed): PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE/ JET PROPULSION LABORATORY/ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY/ NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION/ PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, 91109. TELEPHONE: (818) 354-5011/ PHOTO CAPTION (TOP) P-29541 B/W/ U-2-47/ 1/28/86/ This computer-assembled mosaic of Miranda includes many of /the high-resolution frames obtained by Voyager 2 during its/ close flyby of the Uranian moon. Miranda, roughly 500/ kilometers (300 miles) in diameter, exhibits varied geologic/ provinces, seen in this mosaic of clear-filter, narrow-angle/ images from Jan. 24, 1986. The images were obtained from/ distances of 30,160 to 40,310 km (18,730 to 25,030 mi);/ resolution ranges from 560 to 740 meters (1,840 to 2,430/ feet). These are among the highest-resolution pictures that/ Voyager has obtained of any of the new "worlds" it has/ encountered during its mission. On Miranda, ridges and/ valleys of one province are cut off against the boundary of/ the next province. Probable compressional (pushed-together)/ folded ridges are seen in curvilinear patterns, as are many/ extensional (pulled-apart) faults. Some of these show very/ large scarps, or cliffs, ranging from 0.5 to 5 km (0.3 to 3/ mi) in height - that is, higher that the walls of the Grand/ Canyon on Earth. The missing piece of Miranda's surface will/ be included in a later mosaic once more complicated computer/ processing can be completed. The Voyager project is/ managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory./ #####
