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Ovoidal to trapezoidal terrain with complex surface topography and albedo patterns, characterized by an inner core of intersecting ridges and troughs (Fig. 1) surrounded by a series of subparallel and concentric bands (Smith et al. 1986; Janes and Melosh 1988) on Miranda (Fig. 2).
Perspective view of Miranda, showing a portion of Inverness Corona in the foreground and the edge of Arden corona in the background, illustrating a series of fault scarps in Arden Corona (Pappalardo et al. 1994). Scale bar is 20 km. Voyager 2 FDS# 26846.26 (NASA)
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Pappalardo, R. (2014). Corona (Miranda). In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_67-1
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