Inverness Corona

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Inverness Corona is a prominent corona-like geological feature on Uranus’s moon Miranda, characterized by its complex, ridged terrain and tectonic deformation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf corona
geological feature
surface feature on a natural satellite
celestialBody Miranda NERFINISHED
discoveredBy Voyager 2 imaging team NERFINISHED
featureTypeStandard IAU planetary nomenclature feature type: corona
geologicalProcess extension
faulting
tectonic deformation
hostBodyInstanceOf natural satellite
hostBodyName Miranda NERFINISHED
imagedBy Voyager 2 NERFINISHED
locatedIn Uranian system NERFINISHED
locatedOn Miranda NERFINISHED
namedAfter Inverness NERFINISHED
nameEtymology named for a place associated with Shakespearean literature
observationMethod spacecraft imaging
orbitsPrimaryOfHostBody Uranus NERFINISHED
partOf Miranda coronae NERFINISHED
relativeProminence prominent corona on Miranda
scientificInterest evidence for complex internal and tectonic evolution of Miranda
surfaceAgeCharacteristic geologically young relative to surrounding terrain
surfaceMorphology corona-like pattern
surfaceStructure fractures
ridges
troughs
terrainCharacter complex
ridged
tectonically deformed

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Miranda notableRegion Inverness Corona