Alonso (Crater)

Alonso
	Voyager 2 image of the central part of Miranda featuring Inverness Corona. Alonso is in the bottom in its east
Location	Miranda
Coordinates	[ ⚑ ] : 44°00′S 352°36′E / 44°S 352.6°E
Diameter	25 kilometres (16 mi)
Discoverer	Voyager 2
Eponym	Alonso, King of Naples, in Shakespeare's The Tempest

Short description: Crater on Miranda

Alonso is a crater in the southern hemisphere of Miranda, a moon of Uranus, located at 44° S, 352.6 ° E. It has a diameter of 25 kilometres (16 mi). The crater is named after Alonso, King of Naples, one of the characters in Shakespeare's The Tempest.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Alonso on Miranda". USGS. Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature. http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/200. Retrieved March 12, 2018.

External links

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Miranda, Chevron, and Alonso (6 March 1999)

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[GPN-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Alonso on Miranda". USGS. Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature. http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/200. Retrieved March 12, 2018.

v t e Moons of Uranus
Generally listed in increasing distance from Uranus
Inner	Rings of Uranus Cordelia Ophelia Bianca Cressida Desdemona Juliet Portia Rosalind Cupid Belinda Perdita Puck Mab
Major (spheroid)	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon
Outer (irregular)	Francisco Caliban Stephano Trinculo Sycorax Margaret Prospero Setebos Ferdinand
Geological features	Arielian Kachina Chasmata Yangoor Mirandian Verona Rupes Oberonian Hamlet Mommur Chasma Puckian Titanian Gertrude Messina Chasmata Ursula Rousillon Rupes Umbrielian Wunda Vuver Skynd