Yangoor (crater)

Voyager 2 image of Ariel with Yangoor left of center

Yangoor is the largest known crater on the surface of the Uranian moon Ariel. The name comes from a spirit that brings day in Australian Aboriginal mythology.^[1] It is about 80 km in diameter and is located approximately 450 km from Ariel's south pole. The northwestern edge of the crater was erased by formation of ridged terrain.^[2] The crater lacks bright ejecta deposits and was imaged for the first time by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in January 1986.^[3]

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Plescia, J. B. (May 21, 1987). "Geological terrains and crater frequencies on Ariel". Nature. 327 (6119): 201–204. Bibcode:1987Natur.327..201P. doi:10.1038/327201a0. ISSN 0028-0836.
Smith, B. A.; Soderblom, L. A.; Beebe, A.; Bliss, D.; Boyce, J. M.; Brahic, A.; Briggs, G. A.; Brown, R. H.; Collins, S. A. (4 July 1986). "Voyager 2 in the Uranian System: Imaging Science Results". Science. 233 (4759): 43–64. Bibcode:1986Sci...233...43S. doi:10.1126/science.233.4759.43. PMID 17812889.
USGS/IAU. "Yangoor on Ariel". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology. Retrieved 2010-12-04.

Moons of Uranus

Generally listed in increasing distance from Uranus

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 Chasma Ursula Rousillon Rupes Umbrielian Wunda Vuver Skynd

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