By: Caleb Goldberg
The Beginning Named after Greek God of the Heavens- earliest supreme God Discovered by William Herschel On March 13, 1781 Randomly spotted it through his telescope
Measurements and Distances Mass- 86,810,300,000,000,000,000,000,000 Volume- 68,334,355,695,584 km 3 Density g/cm 3 Gravity m/s 2 7 th planet from the sun Distance from sun- 2,870,990,000 km Distance from Earth- 2,880,000,000
Composition and Weather Helium 83% Hydrogen 15% Methane 2% Very thin atmosphere Temperature range: -243 o F to -370 o F Very cold- ice storms Windy
Orbit and Rotation Time to orbit the sun- 30,685 Earth days (84 Earth years) Time to rotate on its axis Earth hours
Rings 11 rings Rock and dust Discovered in 1977 Faint- no obvious color
Moons 27 moons 5o,ooo to 12,200,000 km away from Uranus km in diameter Some have irregular features- Grooves Irregular oval shape Bright Dark Craters
If a Human Went on Uranus… You would probably freeze to death since it is a few hundred degrees below zero there.
Special Feature!! My planet Uranus allegedly got hit by a larger object a few billion years ago, causing it now to rotate around its axis from top to bottom.
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