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  2. space-facts.com › uranusUranus Facts - Interesting Facts about Planet Uranus

    Learn about Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, with a tilted axis, rings, moons and a cold atmosphere. Find out how it was discovered, named, and explored by Voyager 2.

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  3. science.nasa.gov › uranus › factsUranus: Facts - NASA Science

    Learn about Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, and its unique features such as its tilt, rings, moons, and atmosphere. Find out how Uranus was discovered, named, and explored by spacecraft.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › UranusUranus - Wikipedia

    Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan -coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical phase of matter, astronomy calls "ice" or volatiles.

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  6. science.nasa.gov › uranusUranus - NASA Science

    Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun, and the third largest in our solar system. It rotates on its side, has rings, moons, and a blue-green atmosphere, and was explored by Voyager 2 in 1986.

  7. spaceplace.nasa.gov › all-about-uranus › enAll About Uranus | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

    • Structure and Surface
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    • What Does Uranus Look like?
    Uranus is surrounded by a set of 13 rings.
    Uranus is an ice giant (instead of a gas giant). It is mostly made of flowing icy materials above a solid core.
    Uranus has a thick atmosphere made of methane, hydrogen, and helium.
    Uranus is the only planet that spins on its side.

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    One day on Uranus lasts a little over 17 hours (17 hours and 14 minutes, to be exact).
    One year on Uranus is the same as 84 years on Earth. That’s a long time to wait for a birthday cake.

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    Uranus has 28 known moons.
    Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. That means Saturn and Neptune are Uranus’ neighboring planets.

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    Uranus was discovered in 1781 by William Herschel in Great Britain.
    Uranus has only been visited by Voyager 2.

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    This picture shows Uranus surrounded by its four major rings and by 10 of its moons. This image has colors added to show the different altitudes and thicknesses of clouds in the atmosphere. Green and blue areas show where the atmosphere is clear and sunlight can get through. The yellow and grey parts have thicker clouds. Orange and red colors mean ...

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  8. www.britannica.com › place › Uranus-planetUranus | Facts, Moons, & Rings | Britannica

    Jun 1, 2024 · Uranus, seventh planet in distance from the Sun and the least massive of the solar system’s four giant, or Jovian, planets. Uranus has more than two dozen moons, five of which (Umbriel, Miranda, Ariel, Titania, and Oberon) are relatively large, and a system of narrow rings.

  9. solarsystem.nasa.gov › planets › uranusIn Depth | Uranus – NASA Solar System Exploration

    Learn about Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, with the third largest diameter and a unique tilt of 97.77 degrees. Discover its rings, moons, atmosphere, structure, surface, and more.

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