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BY ELLEN Code  Moniqe   Bridget   Ellen Read more about [|Uranus l Uranus facts, pictures and information.] by [|nineplanets.org] Ellen

The first planet to be discovered with a telescope is Uranus. But unlike Neptune, Uranus is visible to the naked eye. Albeit its gargantuan size, Uranus is categorized as one of the least dense planets. Because of its low density level, the gravity on the planet is relatively weak therefore the gravity experienced on the planet would only be 89% of what it would feel like walking on Earth. Uranus is gaseous that it doesn’t really have a solid surface.BY BRIDGET

The ice giant **Uranus** is certainly different from other gas giants such as Jupiter and Saturn, which are both mostly composed of helium and hydrogen. Uranus is composed, mostly of various ices such as methane and ammonia. Its mass has been approximated at 14.5 times that of Earth. Astronomers believe that 9.3 and 13.5 Earth masses of this are actually comprised of the aforementioned ices. Hydrogen and Helium can only account for roughly 0.5 to 1.5 Earth masses leaving the rest of the material found in Uranus to be rocky compounds.BY MONIQUE Uranus By Ellen MOONS Uranus has 27 moons. Five of these moons are large and the rest are smaller. The largest moon is Titania, followed by Oberon, Umbriel, Ariel and Miranda. Some of the smaller moons are named: Belinda, Bianca, Caliban, Cordelia, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Ophelia, Portia, Puck, and Rosalind. BY BRIDGET.

WILLIAM HERSCHEL BY ELLEN  In March, 1781, during his search for double stars, Herschel noticed an object appearing as a nonstellar disk. Herschel originally thought it was a comet or a star. He made many more observations of it, and afterwards Russian Academician Anders Lexell computed the orbit and found it to be probably planetary. Herschel determined in agreement that it must be a planet beyond the orbit of Saturn.BY MONIQUE

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YOUTUBE BY MONIQUE Uranus is a gas planet that is blue and the seventh planet from the sun. Amazingly its the THIRD biggest planet in the solar system. This Qwirky planet was discoverd by William Herschel in 1781. It has a diamiter of 51,800 kilometers or 32,190 miles and it takes 84.01 earth years for it to orbit the sun ONCE. It rotaits on its axsis every 17 hours and 14 minutes.By Ellen by Ellen

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Uranus is like a big blue bouncy ball floating through the endless space. It looks like Saturn's twin only smaller and its aqua. The mysterious and qwirky sphere is as artic as putting your hand in a freezer and then having a block of ice on both hands probably because its made of,ice,water and methan. media type="custom" key="13094722" I wasn't able to type it all so i'll finish now.

FACTS **1. Uranus** is named after the Greek god of the sky. Uranus was the husband of Gaia, the goddess of the Earth.

2. The orbital speed of Uranus is 6.6 km/sec

3. A year on Uranus is equal to 84.01 Earth Years

4. Uranus is the third largest planet in the Solar System.

5. The atmosphere of Uranus is composed of hydrogen, helium, and methane. The methane in the atmosphere absorbs red light, giving the planet a blue-green color.

6. Uranus is considered unusual because the planet is tipped on its side. The poles actually point towards the Sun. This is due to the fact that its magnetic field is tilted 60 degrees from the axis of rotation. BY BRIDGET

BY MONIQUE WHAT IS URANES ? Like Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus is a gas giant. But Uranus is a little different. Unlike all the other planets and most of the moons in our Solar System, Uranus spins on its side. It is believed that long ago a very large object smashed into this planet. The crash was so powerful that it completely changed the direction of Uranus' planetary rotation. However, a more recent theory is that the extreme tilt of Uranus' axis may have been caused by a large moon that was slowly pulled away from the planet by another large planet long ago when our Solar System was still new. It is thought that the gravitational pull of this moon moving away from Uranus may have caused it to tilt on its side.

Like Saturn, the thick atmosphere of Uranus is made up of methane, hydrogen and helium. But Uranus is an extremely cold planet. It has been called the "ice giant." It is believed that Uranus is made up of rock and ice and has a large rocky core. Because of the tremendous planetary pressure of Uranus, there could possibly be trillions of large diamonds in or on the surface of this planet.

Scientists also believe that on the surface of Uranus there may be a huge ocean. And, interestingly, it is thought that the temperature of this ocean may be extremely hot, maybe even as hot as 5000 degrees Fahrenheit (2760 Celsius).

Uranus is almost identical to the planet Neptune.BY MONIQUE

**RINGS** Uranus also has rings, though they don't stretch out as far as the rings of Saturn. The rings of Uranus are made up of black dust particles and large rocks.BY MONIQUE