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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4443.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4443. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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A mid-sized satellite of Uranus, discovered by William Lassell in 1851. Its diameter is 1160 km and it orbits at a distance of 191 000 km. Of Uranus's five mid-sized satellites, Ariel has the brightest surface, and has been the most geologically active (Miranda excepted). An older cratered surface is criss-crossed by spectacular deep, steep-sided canyons whose broad floors themselves show signs o...

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