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The first planet to be discovered with the telescope and the seventh in order of distance from the Sun. It was found serendipitously by William...



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Figure 1.Miranda viewed from Voyager 2. Features as small as 600 m (2000 ft) across are visible. The two regions of grooved terrain are remarkable, showing evidence of large-scale geological activity on this tiny satellite.
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Figure 2.Diagram of Uranus ring system, showing one hemisphere of Uranus at the left and segments of the 10 narrow rings. The rings all lie between 1.5 and 2 times the radius of Uranus (Ru) from the planet's center.
From Encyclopedia article 'Uranus'