Alonso (crater)

Short description: Crater on Miranda

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 / -44; 352.6[1]
Diameter| 25 kilometres (16 mi)
Discoverer| Voyager 2
Eponym| Alonso, 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.

## External links

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

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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

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