Argier Rupes (Miranda)

Data as of 2026-10-23

What it is

Type
Rupes, rupēs
IAU definition

Scarp

Diameter
141 km, 60 % of the radius of its body
Centre
43.2° S, 322.8° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
Name adopted
1988
Origin of the name

Location of earlier action in "The Tempest."

Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.

In Galaxy

See it in Galaxy

Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Argier Rupes.

Missions to its body

No observation record of this formation is crossed here. These are the missions the Planetary Data System declares for its body; none is claimed to have observed Argier Rupes.

Sources

International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, read on October 23, 2026. Feature page: https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/365

Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms

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