Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. The Structure of Uranus is different from the inner planets and two gas giants, Uranus is made up of methane ice and gas Uranus is a weird planet because it is the only planet on it side in the solar system.
Atmosphere: The aquamarine face of Uranus is covered in clouds. The planet appears to be a blue-green colour this is because of the red wavelengths of the visible spectrum is absorbed by the atmosphere. The atmosphere is mainly made up of one element methane gas. There is a thick haze that is compressing ethane and other hydrocarbon ice high in the stratosphere and there are clouds of methane ice in the lower troposphere. The clouds recycle themselves by creating and destroying and heaviest crystals this cycle goes on and on.
Moons and Rings: Uranus has many moons at 27 and a complicated ring system and they are very different of that of Jupiter and Saturn. Most of Uranus’s moons are icy moons with fascinating surface features. The icy moons either don’t have an atmosphere or a magnetosphere this means that they could not hold life..
Discovered Uranus: Uranus was discovered in 1781 by an astronomer called William Herschel, because Herschel discovered Uranus many other astronomers thought that it should be named after him but he argued that he wanted it to be named after king George III of Britain but the other astronomers didn’t want it to be. Therefore the name Uranus was desired it was named after Ouranos the first god of Greek mythology.
| Diameter: | Mass: | Density: | Minimum Distance From Sun: | Maximum Distance from Sun: | Orbital Semimajor Axiz: | Minmum Distance from Earth: |
| 51,488 km (32,000 miles) | 86.8x10^24 kilograms (14.5 x Earth's | 1,270 kg/m^3 | 2.7 billion km (1.7 billion miles) |
3 billion km (1.87 billion miles) |
19.19 AU (Earth=1 AU) | 2.57 billion km (1.6 billion miles) |
| Rotation Period about Axis: | Revolution Period about the Sun: | Tilt of Axis: | Surface Gravity: | Temperature at Cloud Tops: | Averager Cloud Top Temperature (K): | Satellties/Rings: |
| 17.24 hrs | 84 years | 98o (or 82o) | 8.69 m/s^2 (0.89 x Earth's) | -200 o C ( -328 o F) | 73K | 27 known moons, faint rings |
