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Uranus’s Moon Ariel

Uranus’s Moon Ariel
Ancient faults score the surface of Uranus’s moon Ariel. Brighter areas surround impact craters that uncovered and ejected material from beneath the surface of the moon, which is composed of a mixture of ice and rock.
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Ariel (astronomy); Uranus (planet)
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