URANUS

FACTS

• Uranus has 27 satellites
• Its average temperature is -210degrees Celcius
• Its density is 1.27 g/cm3
• It revolves around the sun every 84 years
• It rotates every 17h and 24min

FACTS

• Uranus rotates in a retrograde rotation
• Its axis tilt is 97.8 degrees
• Its distance from the sun is 19.2 AU
• It has 79%of earths gravity
• Its diameter is 51,118 km

FACTS

• Uranus is made up mostly of hydrogen and helium
• Uranus is tilted on its side as it orbits the sun
• Uranus is one of the four gas giant planets
• For 21 years in its orbit, the north pole is facing the sun
• Half of uranus is dark for 21 years and the other half is light for 21 years

FACTS

• William Herschal discovered uranus
• The atmosphere is thick
• The atmosphere is made from 82% hydrogen 15% helium and 2% ammonia
• The ring of uranus are thin
• The rings are made of a reflective, dark, and dusty material

FACTS

• Uranus is 31,600 miles wide
• William herschel named the planet
• It takes 3 hours for sunlight to hit uranus
• If your ten years old on earth, you would be less than one year old on uranus
• Uranus' rings are made up from partly smashed up moons

FACTS

• About 63 earths could fit in uranus
• The inner part of uranus can reach up to 12,600degrees F
• None of uranus' moons have any atmosphere
• Uranus' rings were not discovered until 1977
• It takes 10 years to get to uranus by spacetravel

FACTS

• Uranus was the first planet discovered by a telescope
• The clouds that surround uranus are 200 degrees colder than the coldest temperature on earth
• If i was 100 pounds on earth, i would weigh 89 pounds on uranus
• Methane gas is what makes its atmosphere look blue
• Meteoroids continuously crash into the planets moons

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Science Fusion
• Published in Orlando, Florida in 2012
• Authors:michael dispezio,marjorie frank,michael heithaus,donna ogle
• Publisher:houghton mifflin harcourt publishing

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Uranus the seventh planet
• Author:michael D. cole
• Enslow publishers ink
• Published in 2002

URANUS

• Author: Elaine Landau
• Published by: Library of congress
• Published in 2008

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