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Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Uranus' Largest Moon: Titania
Explanation:
Titania's tortured terrain is a mix of valleys and craters. NASA's interplanetary robot spacecraft Voyager [ http://spacelink.ms…] 2 passed this moon of Uranus [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in 1986 and took the above photograph. The photograph was then transmitted back to earth by radio [ http://www.science.…]. The valleys of Titania [ http://bang.lanl.go…] resemble those on Ariel [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] indicate that Titania underwent some unknown tumultuous resurfacing event in its distant past. Although Titania [ http://seds.lpl.ari…] is Uranus' largest moon, it is still much smaller than Triton [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] - the largest moon of Uranus' sister planet Neptune [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Titania is essentially a large dirty iceball that orbits Uranus - it is composed of about half water-ice and half rock. Titania was discovered by William Hershel [ http://www.dsi.unim…] in 1787.
Credit and Copyright:
NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov], Voyager 2, Copyright Calvin J. Hamilton
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1787
facet_when:
1986
facet_where:
Arizona
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Uranus
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Hamilton
facet_where:
Titania
facet_where:
Triton
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Ariel
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Voyager
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Voyager 2
facet_what:
Neptune
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USERS
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Uranus
facet_what:
Titania
facet_what:
Ariel
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moon
facet_when_year:
1986
facet_when_year:
1787
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap960304

Uranus' Largest Moon: Titania
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