Uranus “The sideways planet”

URANUS “THE SIDEWAYS PLANET”

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Facts It has 27 moons It only completes 1 orbit in 84 years It has no solid surface because it is

made of gas

Facts It’s atmosphere is made of hydrogen,

methane, and helium It has only been visited by the Voyager 2 spacecraft It was only a flyby and occurred in 1986 10 additional moons were spotted during

this event http://

www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index.php?all_videos&id=92

It was the first planet discovered by a telescope instead of the naked eye

It is the 7th planet from the sun It is the 3rd largest planet in our solar

system

Discovery

It was discovered by WilliamHerschel in 1781 He originally wanted to name it“George’s Star” King George lll awarded him with an annual stipend of 200 pounds

It has 5 main moons that are large The other moons are much smaller The 5 largest moons are Miranda,

Titania, Oberon, Umbriel, and Ariel.

The Titania and Oberon were discovered in 1787

The Ariel and Umbriel were discovered by William Lassell in 1851

John Herschel also discovered some of the moons

Moons Continued

Surface

It’s surface area is approximately 8,115,600,000 km2 .

A little more than 80% of it’s mass is it’s core

It’s core is mostly made of icy materials.

Most of it’s gases are made of water

Size and Temperature

It’s diameter is 51,500 km or 32,000 miles

The diameter is 4 times larger than Earth’s

It’s temperature is -197.15 C or -322.87° F

It is the smallest of the gas giants

Features

It has a very faint set of 12 rings The rings are made of black dust

particles and large boulders It’s greenish blue color is due to light

scattering It’s the only planet with a sideways

rotation

Works Cited http://www.universetoday.com/46245/who-disc

overed-uranus/

http://www.factmonster.com/science/astronomy/planet-uranus.html

http://www.solstation.com/stars/uranus.htm http://

www.biography.com/people/groups/astronauts

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/planeturanus.html

Questions1. The name of the planet is a. Earth b. Saturn c. Uranus d. Mars2. How many moons does it have? a. 5 b. 27 c. 1 d. to many to count3. The spacecraft that flew by it in 1986 wasa.Voyager 2 b.Apollo 11 c.Voyager d.Neil Armstrong4. The planet was discovered bya. Mrs. Hirtz b. Buzz Aldrin c. Ash Ketchum d. William Herschel5. How many rings does it have? a. none b. 12 c. 3 d. 11

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