Uranus Lorraine Peña

History William Herschel discovered Uranus on March 13,1781 When William Herschel first discovered Uranus he just ignored it as just simply a star The planet was first called Herschel until Bode came up with Uranus. Bode is an astronomer of the 1700’s.

Solar System Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. Uranus is two billion miles from the sun It takes 84 earth years to rotate around the sun It takes 7 earth years for Uranus to spin on its axis.

Moons Uranus has 27 moons These are all the moons names: Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda, Perdita, Puck, Mab, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel,Titania, Oberon, Fransico, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Sycorax, Margret, Prospero ,Setebos, and Ferdinand.

Planet appearance Uranus is a mix of a green and blue color Uranus is the coldest planet in the solar system. Did you know that some people call Uranus the “ ice Giant Planet” Uranus has zero craters.

Rings Uranus has faint rings, that means that they are hard to see. Uranus rings are made of black dust particles and large rocks, these rings don’t stretch as far as Saturn’s rings.

Exploration Voyager 2 was launched to Uranus on August 20,1977

Interesting Facts Uranus has no craters Uranus orbits the sun on it’s side The name Uranus is over 2,500 years old Uranus is the smallest of the outer planets Uranus is the coldest planet in the solar system

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