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Allie Hutchison

75 Years Ago, an Astronomer Found the Weirdest Moon in the Solar System


Imagine a tiny dusty moon, about one-seventh the size of our planet’s, with polygonal topographical features extending for hundreds of miles, and cliffs taller than any you’d find anywhere on Earth. This tiny celestial ball orbits the sideways planet Uranus. That moon, Miranda, the smallest of Uranus’ major moons — just 235 km across — was discovered 75 years ago, today.

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