Uranus was discovered in 1781 by William Herschel. It is the 7th planet from the sun with an average distance of 1.8 billion miles. Uranus has an average temperature of -350 degrees Fahrenheit and its atmosphere is primarily made up of hydrogen, helium, and methane. Uranus has 27 known moons and 13 rings surrounding it. The Voyager 2 space probe provided detailed images and data of Uranus during its flyby in 1986.

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2. Pick a Category Uranus Name Who Discovered the planetAnd the position from the sun Uranus’s SizePeriod of Rotationand Period of Revolution Temperature on Uranus and Atmosphere Uranus’s Moons and Rings Man made Satellites, Probes and Telescopes that Gathered Information about Uranus Other Info The end

3. Uranus Name Who Discovered the planet And the position from the sun Planet Name Uranus is named after the ancient Greek god of the sky. Who Discovered the Planet Will Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781. Planets position from The Sun Uranus is the 7 th position from the sun . (Average distance from the sun is 1783 million miles away). 7 th position from the sun Back

4. Uranus’s Size Period of Rotation and Period of Revolution The Planets Size The mass is 14.5 times bigger then Earth. Period of Rotation 1 day on Uranus is 17.24 Earth hours. Period of Revolution 1 Uranus year is 81.4 Earth years . Back

5. Temperature on Uranus and Atmosphere Temperature on your Planet Average Temp : -337⁰F High Temp : -328⁰F Low Temp: -353.5⁰F Planet Atmosphere The composition of Uranus atmosphere contains 82.5% molecular hydrogen 15.2% helium and 2.3% methane. Back

6. Uranus’s Moons and Rings Planets Moons Uranus has 30 moons 3 of them are Ariel , Puck and Juliet are a few of these moons. Ariel was discovered by W. Lassell in the date of 1851 the average distance from Uranus 190.945 km and it’s mass is 1,350,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg . Puck was discovered by S.Synott and the voyager 2, the date of discovery is 1986. The average distance from Uranus is 86,004 km. It has the mass of 8,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg Juliet was discovered by S.Synott and the voyager 2 in 1986. Average distance from Uranus is 64,358 with the mass of 800,000,000,000,000,000 kg. Planets Rings There are 13 rings on Uranus (The discovery of two new rings was on the date of 2005). Some of the larger rings are surrounded by belts of dust. Back

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