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Miranda  

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  • Miranda is the fourteenth moon in order of distance from Uranus. It is named after Prospero's daughter in Shakespeare's play The Tempest and is also known as Uranus V. It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on 16 February 1948 at McDonald Observatory. (Encyclopedia of Science, by David Darling, https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/M/Miranda.html)

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  • Uranus V

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