Uranus Research

Facts about Uranus

• Uranus was first discovered by William Herschel
• Voyager 2 was the only space craft to go to Uranus.
• Uranus is a gas giant.
• Uranus has 27 moons.
• Uranus is the 3rd largest planet in our solar system.

More specific FACTS ABOUT URANUS

• Uranus is made of 15% Hydrogen, but is mostly rock and ice.
• It's atmosphere's made of 83% Hydrogen, 15% Helium, and 2% Methane.
• Uranus spends 84 years making 1 revolution around the sun.
• It's surface gravity is equal to 79% of Earth's gravity.
• It's mean surface temperature is -210° Celsius.

More specific acts about Uranus, continued

• Uranus's period of rotation around it's axis is 17 hours and 24 minutes.
• It's distance from the sun is 19.2 AU.
• Uranus has 27 moons, Miranda being Uranus's largest moon.
• Uranus's axis of rotation is tilted 97.8°.
• Uranus is 19.2 Astronomical Units (AU) from the sun.

Bibliography:

"Science Fusion Space Science" textbook

https://docs.google.com/a/student.mtka.org/presentation/d/1s2TCPScvuJF750rw...