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Alonso (crater)

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Short description: Crater on Miranda
Alonso
Miranda5.jpg
Voyager 2 image of the central part of Miranda featuring Inverness Corona. Alonso is in the bottom in its east
LocationMiranda
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 44°00′S 352°36′E / 44°S 352.6°E / -44; 352.6[1]
Diameter25 kilometres (16 mi)
DiscovererVoyager 2
EponymAlonso, King of Naples, in Shakespeare's The Tempest

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. 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. 

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