Miranda - 'Chevron' Grooves
This image of Miranda, obtained by Voyager 2 on approach, shows an unusual 'chevron' figure and regions of distinctly differing terrain on the Uranian moon. Voyager was 42,000 kilometers (26,000 miles) away when its narrow-angle camera acquired this clear-filter view. Grooved areas baring light and dark bands, distinct from other areas of mottled terrain, are visible at this resolution of about 600 meters (2,000 feet). The bright V-shaped feature in the grooved areas is the 'chevron' observed in earlier, lower-resolution images. Cutting across the bands are sinuous scarps, probably faults. Superimposed on both types of terrain are many bowl-shaped impact craters less than 5 km (3 mi) wide. The entire picture spans an area about 220 km (140 mi) across. The Voyager project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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Image details
ID#:
PIA00038
Date added:
1996-01-29
Target:
Miranda
Mission:
Voyager
Spacecraft:
Voyager 2
Size:
764 x 785 pixels (width x height)
Rating:
Views:
3,472
Full-Res TIFF:
PIA00038.tif (0.38 MB)
Full-Res JPG:
PIA00038.jpg (0.07 MB)
Image credit:
NASA/JPL
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