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URANUS
BY: Leo Barba, James
Hayden Conner, Christian
Rodriguez
About
 Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It
has the third-largest planetary radius and
fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar
System. Uranus is similar in composition to
Neptune, and both have different bulk
chemical composition from that of the larger
gas giants Jupiter and Saturn.
What is Uranus next to?
Temperature
 It is the coldest planetary atmosphere in the
Solar System, with a minimum temperature
of 49 degree farahiant, and has a complex,
layered cloud structure, with water thought
to make up the lowest clouds, and methane
the uppermost layer of clouds.
 Space School - Uranus
How old is Uranus?
 Uranus is 4.5 billion years old. Uranus
was formed at the same time as the
rest of the Solar System, from a large
spinning disk of gas and dust.
What its made of
 Like the other gas giants, it has a hydrogen
upper layer, which has helium mixed in.
Below that is an icy “mantle, which surrounds
a rock and ice core. The upper atmosphere is
made of water, ammonia and the methane
ice crystals that give the planet its pale blue
color. Uranus' atmosphere is about 83%
hydrogen, 15% helium and 2% methane.
Interesting facts
 Uranus rains diamonds. Diamonds as the
ones use to give as a special gift to someone!!
 With minimum atmospheric temperature of
-224°C Uranus is nearly coldest planet in the
solar system
 Uranus has 27 moons. Uranus' moons are
named after characters from the works of
William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope
The Rings of Uranus
 Uranus has very faint rings. The inner part of the
rings are narrow and dark and the outer rings are
brightly colored. The rings of Uranus were
discovered on March 10, 1977, by James L. Elliot,
Edward W. Dunham, and Jessica Mink. More
than 200 years ago, in 1789, William Herschel
also reported observing rings; some modern
astronomers are skeptical that he could have
actually seen them, as they are very dark and
faint, others are not.
Distance from Uranus
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Distance
Ring (km)
------- -------Zeta 39,600
6
41,840
5
42,230
4
42,580
Alpha 44,720
Beta 45,670
Eta 47,190
Gamma 47,630
Delta 48,290
Lambda 50,024
Epsilon 51,140
Nu
67,300
Mu 97,700
Moons of Uranus
 Uranus has 27 known natural moons. The
names of these satellites are chosen from
characters in the works of Shakespeare and
Alexander Pope. The five main satellites are
Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel , Titania ,and Oberon.
The Uranian moon system is the least
massive among those of the giant planets the
combined mass of the five major moons
would be less than half of Triton which is the
largest moon of Neptune. Uranus, its rings
and Moons - Voyager 2
 These moons were discovered in 1851 by
William Lassell (Ariel and Umbriel) and in
1948 by Gerard Kuiper (Miranda)
 These five have planetary mass, and so would
be considered (dwarf) planets if they were in
direct orbit about the Sun. The remaining
moons were discovered after 1985, either
during the Voyager 2 flyby mission or with the
aid of advanced Earth-based telescopes.
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Distance Radius Mass
Satellite (000 km) (km) (kg) Discoverer Date
--------- -------- ------ ------- ---------- ----Cordelia
50 13 ? Voyager 2 1986
Ophelia
54 16 ? Voyager 2 1986
Bianca
59 22 ? Voyager 2 1986
Cressida
62 33 ? Voyager 2 1986
Desdemona
63 29 ? Voyager 2 1986
Juliet
64 42 ? Voyager 2 1986
Portia
66 55 ? Voyager 2 1986
Rosalind
70 27 ? Voyager 2 1986
Cupid
75 6 ? Showalter 2003
Belinda
75 34 ? Voyager 2 1986
Perdita
76 40 ? Voyager 2 1986
Puck
86 77 ? Voyager 2 1985
Mab
98 8 ? Showalter 2003
Miranda
130 236 6.30e19 Kuiper 1948
Distance Radius
Satellite (000 km)
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Mass
(km)
(kg)
Discoverer
Ariel
191 579 1.27e21 Lassell 1851
Umbriel
266 585 1.27e21 Lassell 1851
Titania
436 789 3.49e21 Herschel 1787
Oberon
583 761 3.03e21 Herschel 1787
Francisco 4281 6 ? Sheppard 2003
Caliban
7169 40 ? Gladman 1997
Stephano 7948 15 ? Gladman 1999
Trinculo 8578 5 ? Holman 2001
Sycorax 12213 80 ? Nicholson 1997
Margaret 14689 6 ? Sheppard 2003
Prospero 16568 20 ? Holman 1999
Setebos 17681 20 ? Kavelaars 1999
Ferdinand 21000 6 ? Sheppard 2003
Date
BANG!
 Uranus is 15,759 miles long.
 It takes approximately 84 years for Uranus to
orbit around the biggest star in our solar
system also know as the SUN!!!
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baby
84 year old man
When was it discovered???
Uranus was discovered on March 13th 1781.
(Christians birthday I still take late gifts) The
noble man who discovered this blue gaseous
planet goes by the name of William Herschel.
Giant Exo-Uranus
Discovered!
Target Questions
 Which is not true of all the inner planets?
 Answer: Smaller, Harder, and Denser
 Uranus axis is about how big?
 Answer: Uranus axis is almost parallel to the
plane of its orbit.