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By Jeffrey Fowler Enrique Hatchell-Viviani Duncan Tatus Davis Bartholomew

By Jeffrey Fowler Enrique Hatchell-Viviani Duncan Tatus Davis Bartholomew. Uranus. History. The Third Gas Giant Discovered in 1781 by Caroline Herschel and her brother William. Named after Ouranos At first people only discovered 9 rings Later two more rings where discovered.

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By Jeffrey Fowler Enrique Hatchell-Viviani Duncan Tatus Davis Bartholomew

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  1. By Jeffrey Fowler Enrique Hatchell-Viviani Duncan Tatus Davis Bartholomew Uranus

  2. History • The Third Gas Giant • Discovered in 1781 by Caroline Herschel and her brother William. • Named after Ouranos • At first people only discovered 9 rings • Later two more rings where discovered

  3. Rotation and Revolution • Uranus can orbit around the sun in 84 years • It rotates it axis once every 17 hours and 14 minutes

  4. Distance From the Sun and Earth • Uranus is 2,870,990,000 km from the sun • The sun takes 160 minutes for the light to reach Uranus • The distance from Earth is 2.57 billion km

  5. Size and Density • Uranus has a diameter of 51,120 km • Uranus is a Gaseous planet • Uranus’s density is 1.290 g/cm³ • You can fit 64 Earths into Uranus

  6. Temperature • Uranus doesn’t really have a day and night because of its tilt. • The average temperature is -213 degrees Celsius

  7. Composition • Uranus is made of methane mixed in with the hydrogen and helium • Methane gives it its unique color • Uranus has a core • The largest layer is its icy mantel

  8. Atmosphere • The atmosphere is made up of water, ammonia and methane. • Uranus is known as a ice giant. • The troposphere is the most dense layer and lowest in Uranus’s atmosphere.

  9. Uranus has 27 moons • Each one is called Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda Perdita, Puck, Mab, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Francisco, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Sycorax, Margaret, Prospero, Setebos, and Ferdinand • The biggest ones are called Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, and Miranda • Each one is most likely a comet or asteroid caught in Uranus’s gravity • Each moon helps keep the ice or dust from escaping Satellites

  10. Physical characteristics • Uranus is mostly composed of rocks and ices. • It has 15% hydrogen and little helium • Its axis tilt is 98% • Its magnetic field is not in the center and is tilted by 60% • Uranus has 13 rings

  11. Going to Uranus would be like Alaska x6 because it is -300 degrees Fahrenheit The winds can reach up to 250 km per second There are many gases including hydrogen, helium, and methane What Would it be Like?

  12. Life on the planet might have a bulky look to withstand the 250 km per sec wind travel and the harsh cold. • Plants and such might be adapted to the cold conditions and strongly rooted to the ground, or get energy from low sunlight • Fish would be very resistant to cold by developing a thick layer of scales to keep them warm Life on Uranus?

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