St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day: February 16, 2022

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17 February, 2022

9:32 AM

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Press release from St. Louis Science Center: February 16, 2022 On this date in 1948, Dutch astronomer Gerard Kuiper discovered Uranus' moon Miranda. Miranda is covered in a series of complex fault scarp and groove systems. It is unclear whether these features were formed by large impact events on Miranda's surface, or by internal pressures from tidal heating caused by Jupiter's gravitational pull. This press release was produced by St. Louis Science Center. The views expressed here are the author's own.