Uranus is a gas planet in outer space. Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and the third largest planet in the universe.Uranus has a larger diameter than neptune but neptune is higher in mass than Uranua.Uranus was named after the ancient Greek name for Heaven, the home of the gods.UranusUranus was the first planet discovered and it was discovered by William Herschel. Uranus has only been visited by one spacecraft, Voyager 2 on Jan 24 1986. Most of the planets spin on an axis nearly perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic but Uranus' axis is almost parallel to the ecliptic, which means unlike other planets it looks like it is on a verticle axis.
Unanus, having a verticle axis
Uranus is composed primarily of rock and various ices, with only about 15% hydrogen and a little helium, this is different to Jupiter and Saturn which are mostly hydrogen. Uranus has a core like Jupiter and Saturn without the massive amounts of liquid metallic hydrogen. Uranus does not has a rocky core with it's atmosphere about 83% hydrogen, 15% helium and 2% methane. Uranus has rings and are very dark and they are composed of large particles that are around 10 meters in diameter with dust surrounding them. Uranus has 11 known rings and they are all very faint. The brightest is known as the Epsilon ring. All rings surrounding uranus are called the Uranian rings. The Uranian rings were the first after Saturn's to be discovered. This was of considerable importance since we now know that rings are a common feature of planets, not a peculiarity of Saturn alone.
WHATS WITH THE COLOUR?
Uranus gets its blue-green color from methane gas. The light from the sun is reflected from the top of the clouds of Uranus' , which are under a layer of methane gas. As the reflected sunlight passes back through this layer, the methane gas absorbs the red part of the light, which lets the blue part pass through, resulting in the blue-green color that we see.
For years scientists have wondered if life can be sustained on planets other then earth, in this case regarding Uranus the answer is no. Unfortunately at this point in time life will never be able to be sustained on Uranus. There are many reasons that contribute to the fact that life will never be able to be sustained on Uranus such as the fact that Uranus is a big gas planet that is home to extremely toxic, life threatening gases and fumes that along with hurracanes and strong planetry storms will kill any form of life that even comes near them. Other reasons are that Uranus has extremely high velocity winds and that all living things need water and there is no water in Uranus. Also Uranus has barely any hard surfaces for people to land on so it would be impossible to live on it.
Uranus is a gas planet in outer space. Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and the third largest planet in the universe. Uranus has a larger diameter than neptune but neptune is higher in mass than Uranua. Uranus was named after the ancient Greek name for Heaven, the home of the gods. UranusUranus was the first planet discovered and it was discovered by William Herschel. Uranus has only been visited by one spacecraft, Voyager 2 on Jan 24 1986. Most of the planets spin on an axis nearly perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic but Uranus' axis is almost parallel to the ecliptic, which means unlike other planets it looks like it is on a verticle axis.
Uranus is composed primarily of rock and various ices, with only about 15% hydrogen and a little helium, this is different to Jupiter and Saturn which are mostly hydrogen. Uranus has a core like Jupiter and Saturn without the massive amounts of liquid metallic hydrogen. Uranus does not has a rocky core with it's atmosphere about 83% hydrogen, 15% helium and 2% methane. Uranus has rings and are very dark and they are composed of large particles that are around 10 meters in diameter with dust surrounding them. Uranus has 11 known rings and they are all very faint. The brightest is known as the Epsilon ring. All rings surrounding uranus are called the Uranian rings. The Uranian rings were the first after Saturn's to be discovered. This was of considerable importance since we now know that rings are a common feature of planets, not a peculiarity of Saturn alone.
WHATS WITH THE COLOUR?
Uranus gets its blue-green color from methane gas. The light from the sun is reflected from the top of the clouds of Uranus' , which are under a layer of methane gas. As the reflected sunlight passes back through this layer, the methane gas absorbs the red part of the light, which lets the blue part pass through, resulting in the blue-green color that we see.
FACTS ON URANUS
Distance from the sun:
2,870,972,200 km
Equatorial Radius:
25,559 km
Volume:
68,330,000,000,000 km3
Mass:
86,849,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000 kg
Density:
1.30 g/cm3
Surface area:
8,115,600,000 km2
Orbital Circumference
17,620,000,000 km
URANUS HAS 27 MOONS (They have links to their respected pages)
1. Cordelia
2. Ophelia
3. Bianca
4. Cressida
5. Desdemona
6. Juliet
7. Portia
8. Rosalind
9. Mab
10. Belinda
11. Perdita
12. Puck
13. Cupid
14. Miranda
15. Francisco
16. Ariel
17. Umbriel
18. Titania
19. Oberon
20. Caliban
21. Stephano
22. Trinculo
23. Sycorax
24. Margaret
25. Prospero
26. Setebos
27. Ferdinand
Sustainability Of Life.
For years scientists have wondered if life can be sustained on planets other then earth, in this case regarding Uranus the answer is no. Unfortunately at this point in time life will never be able to be sustained on Uranus. There are many reasons that contribute to the fact that life will never be able to be sustained on Uranus such as the fact that Uranus is a big gas planet that is home to extremely toxic, life threatening gases and fumes that along with hurracanes and strong planetry storms will kill any form of life that even comes near them. Other reasons are that Uranus has extremely high velocity winds and that all living things need water and there is no water in Uranus. Also Uranus has barely any hard surfaces for people to land on so it would be impossible to live on it.
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