Among the moons in the solar system, Miranda stands out. The few images Voyager 2 captured in 1986 show Miranda’s southern hemisphere (the only part we’ve seen) is a Frankenstein-like hodgepodge of grooved terrain quartered off by rough scarps and cratered areas, like squares on a quilt. Most researchers suspect these bizarre structures are the result of tidal forces and heating within the moon.
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