Verona Rupes

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Verona Rupes is an enormous, possibly the tallest known, cliff on Uranus’s moon Miranda, plunging several kilometers from its rim to the surface below.

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Verona Rupes canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cliff ⓘ
geological formation ⓘ
surface feature on a natural satellite ⓘ
approximateHeight 5 km to 20 km (estimates vary) ⓘ
astronomicalBodyTypeOfHost moon Miranda ⓘ
linked to: Uranus moon Miranda
astronomicalBodyTypeOfPrimary planet Uranus ⓘ
linked to: Uranus
belongsTo Miranda’s complex tectonic terrain ⓘ
characterizedAs enormous cliff ⓘ
classification planetary scarp ⓘ
comparativeScale often cited as possibly the tallest cliff in the Solar System ⓘ
compositionContext likely associated with water-ice rich crust ⓘ
discoveredBy Voyager 2 spacecraft imaging ⓘ
environment airless, extremely cold surface of Miranda ⓘ
etymology named after Verona, setting of Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
featureType rupes (scarp) ⓘ
freeFallTimeFromTop several minutes due to Miranda’s low gravity (order of 10 minutes) ⓘ
hostBodyOrbits Uranus in a prograde, inclined orbit ⓘ
imagedBy Voyager 2 ⓘ
knownFrom remote sensing imagery ⓘ
locatedIn Uranus system ⓘ
linked to: Uranus
locatedInRegion southern hemisphere of Miranda (approximate) ⓘ
locatedOn Miranda ⓘ
namingTheme Shakespearean characters and places on Miranda ⓘ
notableFor being one of the tallest known cliffs in the Solar System ⓘ
orbitsWith Uranus ⓘ
relativeLocationDescription sheer cliff dropping from rim to lower surrounding terrain ⓘ
scientificInterest evidence for Miranda’s tectonic and possibly resurfacing history ⓘ
solarSystemBodyType feature on an icy moon ⓘ
solarSystemRegion outer Solar System ⓘ
surfaceDrop several kilometers ⓘ
surfaceGravityContext low gravity environment of Miranda ⓘ

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

Miranda → notableCliff → Verona Rupes ⓘ