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Uranus . A gas giant . Cool facts on Uranus . Uranus is the 4 th most massive planet in our solar system . While known about for centuries , Uranus was thought to be a star until 1781. Uranus is the farthest planet from earth that ia visible to the naked eye . . The size of uranus.
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Uranus A gas giant
Cool facts on Uranus • Uranus is the 4th most massive planet in our solar system . • While known about for centuries , Uranus was thought to be a star until 1781. • Uranus is the farthest planet from earth that ia visible to the naked eye .
The size of uranus • The size of Uranus is 15,759 miles • Here is a comparison of the planets
The temperature on uranus The temperature on Uranus is approximately -355 degrees fahrenheit on the surface BRRRRRR!!!!COLD
Uranus has 13 known rings , they are faint and you can hardly see them , they are made up of tiny rock and dust particles . Uranus’s rings
How uranusorbits Uranus orbits the sun on its side , it spins like a wheel !! Scientists think Uranus was hit by something that tipped it over
Uranus’s moons • Uranus so far has at least 27 moons ! • The 5 out of 27 moons named and the clearest ones you are able to see are Miranda, Titania , Oberon , Ariel , and Cupid
Uranus is the 7th planet from the sun which makes it 1,787,000,000 miles away. --------------- That’s far !! --------- Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It’s not visible to the naked eye, and became the first planet discovered with the use of a telescope. Uranus is tipped over on its side with an axial tilt of 98 degrees. It is often described as “rolling around the Sun on its side
The Greek roman god of the sky • Uranus is a planet named after the Greek Roman God Of The Sky . • Uranus .
Uranus : 1 day on earth = 17 earth hours on Uranus Summer on Uranus lasts one long day – 42 years: A day on Uranus is only about 17 hours. But the tilt of Uranus works out so that one pole or the other is usually pointed towards the Sun. This means that a day at the north pole of Uranus lasts half of a Uranian year – 84 Earth years. So, if you could stand on the north pole of Uranus, you would see the Sun rise in the sky, circle around for 42 years, and finally dip down below the horizon. Then you would have 42 years of darkness How long is a day on Uranus