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URANUS

Roman mythology- Roman God, Father of the Titans

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Features

Earth Comparison

If You Were There

1 1/2 billion miles from the Sun
has an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium
has 11 rings
Uranus may have been knocked on its side by an object as big as earth because it doesn't spin on its axis like all the other planets
on its journey around the sun one pole receives 42 years of daylight while the other has a 42 year night
it contains large amounts of water, methane, and ammonia may be the result of collisions with comets
methane clouds rap around the planet in a greenish blue envelope any features in the atmosphere so we don't know for sure what Uranus' surface is like
there are two theories-- (1) the atmosphere thickens, changing to a watery slush near the planet's core,or perhaps an ocean of super hot water and ammonia lies between the atmosphere and the core
the temperature is -220^o C
it may contain diamonds
colliding comets may have helped form Uranus
it is greenish blue because the methane in its atmosphere absorbs red wavelength in sunlight
there are 15 moons on Uranus

it travels around the sun in 84 Earth years

if you weigh 100 lb. on Earth you would weigh 91 lb. on Uranus
if you are 10 years old on Earth you would be 1 1/2 months old on Uranus

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*Features*	*Earth Comparison*	*If You Were There*
1 1/2 billion miles from the Sun has an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium has 11 rings Uranus may have been knocked on its side by an object as big as earth because it doesn't spin on its axis like all the other planets on its journey around the sun one pole receives 42 years of daylight while the other has a 42 year night it contains large amounts of water, methane, and ammonia may be the result of collisions with comets methane clouds rap around the planet in a greenish blue envelope any features in the atmosphere so we don't know for sure what Uranus' surface is like there are two theories-- (1) the atmosphere thickens, changing to a watery slush near the planet's core,or perhaps an ocean of super hot water and ammonia lies between the atmosphere and the core the temperature is -220^o C it may contain diamonds colliding comets may have helped form Uranus it is greenish blue because the methane in its atmosphere absorbs red wavelength in sunlight there are 15 moons on Uranus	it travels around the sun in 84 Earth years	if you weigh 100 lb. on Earth you would weigh 91 lb. on Uranus if you are 10 years old on Earth you would be 1 1/2 months old on Uranus