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Uranus

Uranus. By Olivia Morgan and Chloe T hornton . Uranus. Uranus is named after the Greek God of the Sky Uranus’ moons are named after Shakespearian characters Uranus’ atmosphere is made up of hydrogen, helium and methane . About Uranus . Uranus is called the ice giant

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Uranus

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  1. Uranus By Olivia Morgan and Chloe Thornton

  2. Uranus • Uranus is named after the Greek God of the Sky • Uranus’ moons are named after Shakespearian characters • Uranus’ atmosphere is made up of hydrogen, helium and methane

  3. About Uranus • Uranus is called the ice giant • Uranus is a blue-green color • Uranus is mainly made up of ices called hydrogen and helium • The rest is a rocky material

  4. Temperature • The temperature on Uranus is -195 degrees Celsius or -383 degrees Fahrenheit.

  5. the size • Uranus is larger than earth • Diameter 51,118 km • Radius 25,559 • The fourth largest planet in our Solar System

  6. The Passing Time • The length of one day is 17 hours and 12 mins • The length of one year 83 earth years and 273 earth days

  7. Surface Gravity • Surface gravity to earth 89% • Rotation on the axis 8 degrees • On Uranus the gravitational pull is almost the same as the earth

  8. Missions • Uranus was discovered by Voyager 2. • Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft ever to have flown by Uranus • As far as we know, there are no future plans to visit Uranus.

  9. Moons • Uranus has 27 moons • The two largest moons of Uranus are Titania and Oberon. • The moon closest to Uranus is Cardelia

  10. Oberon • Oberon is the second largest moon of Uranus. • It was discovered by Voyager 2 • Oberon seems to be roughly made of half ice and half rock.

  11. Titania • Titania is Uranus’ largest moon. • It is 1000 miles in diameter • Titania was also discovered by Voyager 2.

  12. Bibliography Berry, Kathleen Meehan. "Chapter 21." Holt Science & Technology Earth Science. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007 Harvey, Samantha, and Autumn Burdick. "Solar System Exploration: Planets: Uranus: Overview." Solar System Exploration: Planets: Uranus: Overview

  13. Images http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/4_179.jpg http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Alpha&Target=Uranus&Alias=Voyager%202&Display=ReadMore http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Uranus_Montage.jpg http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Titania.jpg https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=8644 http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/278/c/d/space_series_uranus_by_lacza-d5gupiu.jpg http://wallpaperstock.net/our-solar-system_wallpapers_4646_1024x768_1.html http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=10191 http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Uranus_Montage.jpg http://www.crystalinks.com/uranus806.jpghttp:// http://images.sciencedaily.com/2009/06/090625141454-large.jpg http://www.wallpaperage.com/outer-space-planets-moon.html http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2422.html http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Starsinthesky.jpg/300px-Starsinthesky.jpg

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