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Uranus

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 A Blue-Green World
Compiled by Mohamed Th. S. Heikal & Gulcan Top

Uranus is the third largest

planet after Jupiter and
Saturn. Uranus has 21 moons
and small, dusty rings.

Voyager 2 acquired this view

of the seventh planet while
departing the Uranian system
in late January 1986. This
image looks at the planet
approximately along its
rotational pole.

Voyager 2 image of Uranus, 1986 (Image:NASA)

A Blue-Green World
Uranus has a thick hydrogen-
methane atmosphere. Methane
causes the planet‟s blue-green
color.

Some astronomers call Uranus and

Neptune „ice giants‟ because most
of their mass is ice and some rocky
material.

It appears that Uranus does not

have a rocky core like Jupiter and
Saturn but rather that its material is
more or less uniformly distributed.
 Hubble‟s View

This image, taken by Hubble,

clearly shows Uranus and its
rings.

Uranus‟ rings are smaller and

dustier than those of Saturn,
and will eventually dissipate.

Image: NASA
Deep exposure of Uranus taken
with the Hubble Space
Telescope reveal two small
moons and two faint rings. All
orbit outside of Uranus's
previously known (main) ring
system, but interior to the large,
classical moons.
Dusty Rings

This image reveals many broad

lanes of dust surrounding the 9
main rings of Uranus. It was
taken by Voyager 2 looking
back toward the sun through
the ring system.
Tipsy?

Uranus moves around the Sun

with its rotation axis is
perpendicular to its orbit
around the sun.

It is thought that a planet-sized

body hit Uranus early in its
history, “tipping” it over.
Because of this, Uranus‟
seasons last over 20 years!
 Uranus Earth

Distance from Sun 1.7 Billion Miles 93 Million Miles

Diameter 32,000 Miles 7926 Miles
Length of Year 84 Earth Years 365.25 Days
Length of Day 17.24 hours 23 hours 56 minutes
Gravity .89 that of Earth 2.66 times that of Mars
Temperature Average -319 degrees F Average 57 degrees F
Number of Moons 27 1
 George‟s Star

• Uranus was discovered by

William Herschel, the British
royal astronomer, in 1781.
• Herschel thought the planet
was a comet at first!
• He tried to name it
“George‟s Star” after King
George.
God of the Sky

The name "Uranus" was eventually

proposed in order to conform with
the other planetary names from
classical mythology. The name
didn't come into common use until
1850.

To the ancient Greeks, Uranus was

god of the sky and heavens.
Missions

Only one spacecraft has visited

Uranus. On Jan. 24, 1986
Voyager 2 passed within 50,600
miles.

Voyager 2 radioed images and

scientific data on the planet, its
moons, rings, atmosphere,
interior and the magnetic
environment surrounding
Uranus.
 Uranus‟ Moons

Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel Titania Oberon

Uranus has 5 medium-sized moons and 21 smaller moons.

The five main satellites are Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Tatania and Oberon.
Miranda

Uranus‟ moon Miranda has

a strange fractured
appearance, as if it was
shattered then put back
together.

The high cliffs and winding

valleys of the moon may
indicate that Miranda was
larger in the past and shrank
to its current size.
Titania

Picture of Titania
taken by Voyager 2.
Titania is 1600
kilometers in
diameter.
 An artists view,
this montage of
images of the
Uranian system
was prepared
from an
assemblage of
images taken by
the Voyager 2
spacecraft
during its Uranus
encounter in
January 1986.

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