Inverness Corona is a ''
corona'', located at 66.9° S, 325.7 ° E in the southern hemisphere of
Miranda, a moon of Uranus. It has a diameter of . This feature is named for the location of Macbeth's castle,
Inverness
Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...
.
The area was first examined closely by spacecraft
Voyager 2
''Voyager 2'' is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, to study the outer planets and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere. As a part of the Voyager program, it was launched 16 days before its twin, ''Voyager 1'', on a ...
in 1986.
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* - includes the prominent features of Corona and Alonso
* (repeat of the 1999 APOD)
{{Moons of Uranus
Miranda (moon)