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Title: Uranus


1
Uranus
  • Megan Bahns

2
The Planets Name
  • My planets name was from a Roman goddess,
    Uranus.
  • Uranus was discovered by William Herschel.

3
Position In The Solar System
  • Uranus is the 7th planet from the sun.
  • Uranus is one of the 7 inner planets.

4
Rotation On Its Axis
  • Uranus takes 17 hours and 14 minutes to rotate.

5
Size
  • Uranus is 31,690 miles big, 51,118 KM.
  • Uranus is 4 times diameter of Earth.

Its the 3rd biggest planet.
6
Gravity
  • A 100 person would weigh 91 pounds.
  • The gravity on Uranus is less on it than Earth.
  • The mass of Uranus is 8.6810??.

7
Orbit
  • It would take 84 years to orbit the sun.
  • For a planet to travel around the sun is called a
    year.

8
Atmosphere
  • Its thick of hydrogen and helium.
  • An icy cloud layer circles this planet at 185
    mph.

9
Temperature
  • The temperature is -355 F,-215 C and is 59 K.

10
Composition Of Your Planet And Its Appearance
  • Uranus is a frozen gas giant .

11
Moons
  • Uranus has 27 moons. The moons were named after
    William Shakespeare's people who played in his
    plays. There are 22 known moons.
  • The 5 biggest moons are Arial, Oberon, Titiana,
    Miranda and Umbriel.

12
Rings
  • There is 11 rings , it looks like looks like
    there is only one ring, it is made of rock and
    dust.
  • It was discovered in 1977.

13
How Would A Human Being Fare On Your planet
  • A human being would freeze to death.

14
Discovery Of Your Planet
  • It was discovered by telescope by William
    Herschel in 1781.

15
Something Special
  • Uranus rotational axis is strongly tilted on its
    side and it was the first planet discovered by
    telescope.
  • Inside Uranus is a black diamond.
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