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UranusBy: Brittany, Maddy, Yessica, Tien
How Uranus got its name
After William Herschel discovered this planet in 1782
he didn't know what to name it immediately, so with
some thinking he wanted to name it Georgium Sidus
after King George lll.
Since that name didn't really fit well with the other
planets names, Johann Bode suggested Uranus after
the Greek God of the Sky. This set well among the
astronomers, noting that some of the other planets
are named after Greek Gods. (Venus, Saturn, Earth, etc.)
Uranus’ position and comparison to Earth
Position from the sun:
7th planet from the sun
Distance from the sun:
19.8 AU away from the sun (2.9 billion km)
Diameter: 31,518 miles, 4X bigger than Earth, so if
earth was the size of a nickel then Uranus would be the
size of a softball.
It takes 2 hours and 40 minutes
for the sun’s light to reach Uranus.
Revolution and rotation of Uranus in Earth
Rotation period (length of day in Earth days)
0.72 (17.9 Earth hours)(retrograde)
Revolution period (length of year in Earth days)
30,685 (84 Earth years)
Composition of surface of Uranus
The internal heat of Uranus is lower
than astronomers would expect.
- Unlike Jupiter and Saturn, which are composed predominantly of
hydrogen and helium, Uranus contains only a small portion of these
light elements.
- ere
The First Ten Satellites Of Uranus Fun Fact: Most of uranus moons
were named after some of
shakespeare's plays:
Puck - A Midsummer Night’s
dream
Cordelia - King Lear
Ophelia- Hamlet
Bianca - The Timing Of The
Shrew Cressida - Troilus and
Cressida Juliet - Romeo And
Juliet Porta - The Merchant
Of Venice Rosalind - As You Like
It
Names Distances From Planet
Orbital Eccentricity
Cordelia 49.77 0.0003
Ophelia 53.79 0.0099
Bianca 59.17 0.0009
Cressida 61.78 0.0004
Desdemona 62.68 0.0001
Juliet 64.35 0.0007
Porta 66.09 0.0000
Rosalind 69.94 0.0001
Belinda 75.26 0.0001
Puck 86.01 0.0001
The Travels
The Voyager 2 was the satellite that
discovered all of uranus moons. It flew closely
past uranus.
The closest the moon got to uranus was
81,500 kilometers (50,600 miles) on Jan. 24,
1986.
Since the launch in Aug 20, 1977, Voyager 2
has gone to jupiter in july 1979 saturn in Aug
1981 and then uranus. The both Voyager 1 and
2 will go off out of our solar system into
interstellar space.
Puck Cordelia Juliet
7th planet from the sun
It takes almost nine and a half years to get to uranus.
The sun's light passes through the atmosphere is reflected by uranus’
clouds, methanes gas absorbs the red portion of light, causing a blue-green
color. Uranus is the 7th planet from sun so it’s very cold and windy.
Uranus’ magnetic fields are tipped over. It’s tilted nearly 60 degrees from
the planet's’ axis of rotation.
It takes 84 years for Uranus to get around the sun once.
63 earths can fit in Uranus.
Summer in Uranus is 42 years long.
Wind speeds can reach 560 mph.
First planet to be found with a telescope.
Even though it’s hard,it is possible to see uranus without a telescope.
FUN FACTS
How Uranus formedWith the rise of the sun, small particles drew together bounded by the force of gravity. Solar wind swept away all the lighter elements like hydrogen and helium, leaving only heavy rocky planet formation near the sun. But in the distant solar system it's so cold gaseous planets formed. The rocky core most likely formed first then the hydrogen, helium, and methane atmosphere.
Answer the following1. What 3 elements make up Uranus’ atmosphere?a) Methane, helium, oxygenb) Hydrogen, helium, methanec) Nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen
2. How many rings does Uranus have?a) 3b) 11c) 13
3. How did Uranus get its name?(short answer)