Uranus

Uranus is the third largest planet. Uranus is 2.7 billion km away from the sun. Uranus is a ball of gas. It takes 84 years to orbit around the sun. Did you know that Uranus and Neptune are almost identical.

by: Jojo


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Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. With its quite featureless face and wispy clouds, Uranus appears a bluey green in colour. Uranus was named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky. Uranus was first founded by an English astronomer William Herschel in 1781. Uranus is the third largest planet compared to all planets.

Uranus being the second last planet takes eighty-four earth years just to orbit round the sun; Uranus originally didn’t have a ring around it. Since it was said in early history that Uranus was hit by a proto planet, which knocked Uranus on its side, where it remains today. Its axis has tipped 97.9° degrees, compared to Earths tilt of 23.5° degrees.

Did you know? The distance from the sun is 2.7 billion kilometres, it orbits at such a distance that the sun appears as little as a bright star. Once on its axis it takes 17 hours and 15 minutes just to rotate. Uranus’ gravity is 0.90°, it has a diameter of 50,800 kilometres and a mass 14.5 times that of Earth.

If you fly a rocket to Uranus it would take many years. When you arrive you would weigh less even though Uranus is bigger than Earth. If you weighed 40 kilograms you would weigh 35.5 kilograms on Uranus.

Because Uranus has a make-up of Saturn and Jupiter, it is a gas planet. The gases that Uranus is made up from are hydrogen, helium and methane. Uranus has 27 moons named Ariel, Titania, Miranda, Umbria and soon on/ etc.

The websites/ books I got my information from were google images. Type 27 moons and click on Uranus’ moons. The books I used information from are Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The Space Insiders.

By: Nicole

Uranus Uranus a gas planet which was made by Jupiter gas. Uranus was named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky 4.5 billions years ago that mean now its 4.5 billions years old, in 1781 William Herschel. Uranus ring is made out rocks but Uranus never had a ring around its planet it all started many years ago when an asteroid hit Uranus then the asteroids broke and broke but it took many years to come to small pieces form a rock ring. Uranus is a outer planets like the other gas planet the order stars with Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars which are inner planets & the outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune (Pluto is not a planet any more it’s a dwarf planet). Uranus gas is made out of methane which as you know Human gas, Hydrogen & Helium. Uranus is the seventh plant from the sun & 2.7 billions km from the sun & is the third largest planet in the Solar System.

Interesting Facts .Uranus has a total of 27 moons. .Uranus take 84 Earth year to orbit around the sun. .If someone weigh 65kg

by Hao **__ Uranus __** Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. Uranus was discovered by William Hershel on March 13th, 1781. It is the only planet to be named after a Greek god. Uranus is 2.7 billion km away from the sun. Uranus is the third largest planet in the solar system. Uranus is a bluey green colour. Uranus has 27 moons there names are Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Calibon, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, and 1986UIO. Only five moons are large, and the rest are smaller. Did you know? That Uranus and Neptune are almost identical. It takes 84 years to orbit around the sun. The websites I used to get my information was [|www.google.com] and [|www.wikipedia.com] and [|www.daviddarling.com] and I also read some books which were URANUS, NEPTUNE, AND PULTO and INSIDERS SPACE. BY: JOJO