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In older text books and teachers for that matter, state that Miranda (a moon of Uranus) was shattered by a massive impact, with the fragments reassembling and denser ones subsequently sinking to produce the current strange pattern.

However, the current theory is that Miranda's surface was formed early in it's life by tidal heating when it was captured by Umbriel, and NOT an impact.

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