URANUS

WHAT IS IT?

• 17 hour day
• 15,759 mile radius
• 1.787 billion miles from Sun
• 2.6 bill. Kilometers from Earth
• Surface temp of -224 Celsius
• 8.681 × 10^25 kg

ABOUT PLANET

• Only Greek named planet
• Rotates on a 98 degree axis
• "Rolls around the sun on its side"
• Has no apparent surface

MOONS

• Named after Shakespeare characters
• Largest are Oberon and Titania
• First discovered in 1787
• Half ice half rock
• 27 total

MISSIONS TO URANUS

• Voyager 2
• Launched in 1977, arrived in 1986
• Discovered Miranda
• Calculated length of a day
• Radiation

POSSIBLE ALIEN LIFE

• Any animal-like life would be covered in thick fur and skin to keep warm. Long sharp claws
• Plant life would not be able to thrive

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CITATIONS

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_Uranus#Voyager_2
• http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/uranus/moons
• http://www.bobthealien.co.uk/uranten.htm

QUIZ

• What is the planets name?
• What is the name of the first Satellite to venture out to the planet ?
• What is the mass of the planet ?
• What is the planet classified as?
• How many moons?