An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

The eleventh of Uranus’s known satellites and the innermost of Uranus’ large moons. Its is about 470 km in diameter and orbits Uranus at about 130,000 km from its planet. It was discovered by Kuiper in 1948.

See also: Miranda is a daughter of the magician Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.