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What in their atmosphere causes Uranus and Neptune to look green?
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What gives Neptune its blue color?
Dust in outer space
What are Uranus's notable features?
Uranus has a blue-green color as does Neptune
What substance is responsible for the colors of Neptune and Uranus?
Uranus has a bluish appearance because its atmosphere is composed of hydrogen, helium and methane. The methane in the upper atmosphere absorbs the red light from the sun but reflects the blue light from the sun back into space.
Why does Uranus look bluish?
The blueish color of Uranus is from the presence of Methane in its upper atmosphere. Also, it is blue - green from the methane in the core of Uranus.
What is Uranus' atmosphere made of?
Uranus's atmosphere is made of different type of gasses, Uranus gets its blue-green color from methane gas in the atmosphere.
Why is Neptune blue and Uranus green?
Because of the methane in their atmosphere.
Methane gives which planet its distinctive blue-green color?
I guess this means: Methane gives which planet its distinctive blue-green color? Methane gives Neptune its distinctive blue-green color. I'm not so sure about that. I think Uranus is that color, but Neptune is more blue than blue-green. You read different things in different books though. Neptune has Methane in its atmosphere too.
What gives Neptune its blue color?
Dust in outer space
What are Uranus's notable features?
Uranus has a blue-green color as does Neptune
What is green blue planet?
Uranus&Neptune
What substance is responsible for the colors of Neptune and Uranus?
Uranus has a bluish appearance because its atmosphere is composed of hydrogen, helium and methane. The methane in the upper atmosphere absorbs the red light from the sun but reflects the blue light from the sun back into space.
What planet is blue-green?
Uranus&Neptune
What is the planet Uranus like?
The planet Uranus has 11 rings and 27 known moons. Since it is one of the big gas planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, in order from the sun) it is made of gas. The 2% of methane in it's atmosphere causes its blue-green color. Uranus' diameter is 31, 763 miles and it is 1,783,939,400 miles from the sun.
Why does Uranus look bluish?
The blueish color of Uranus is from the presence of Methane in its upper atmosphere. Also, it is blue - green from the methane in the core of Uranus.
How does uranus atmosphere effect uranus?
Uranus' atmosphere is primarily composed of methane and ammonia, which give it its blue-green colour.
What is Uranus' atmosphere made of?
Uranus's atmosphere is made of different type of gasses, Uranus gets its blue-green color from methane gas in the atmosphere.
Is oxygen the chemical that produces the green-blue color in Uranus and Neptune?
No. Uranus and Neptune owe their blue color primarily to the presence of methane.
