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Planet Uranus

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and the third largest planet in the solar system. It is the only planet in the solar system that spins sideways. It was the first planet discovered using the telescope.

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What makes uranus different from the other planets?

Because of the strange way it spins, nights on some parts of Uranus can last for more than 40 years. The planet's most extraordinary feature is the tilt of its rotational axis, which is almost perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic, which means that it alternately has its north pole and its south pole turned towards the sun.

How many kids did Gaea and Uranus have?

Uranus was the father of many mythical figures.

He was the father of the twelve Titans.

However, he was also the father of two races of giants: the Hecatonchires (who had 100 arms) and the Cyclops (who had 1 eye). There is no exact number given in the myths.

After he was castrated by Cronus (a Titan), his blood gave life to another race of giants (the Gigantes) and the three Furies.

His castrated genitals mixed with the water of the ocean and created Aphrodite.

So the easy answer is 12, and the more complicated answer is "lots."

What is the area of radius of Uranus?

Planet Uranus has a surface area of 3.121 billion sq miles (8.083 billion km²).

When the moon is full can you see Uranus?

All of the planets are moving, so they are not always visible in the same places. Sometimes, like when they are on the opposite side of the sun to us, they cannot be seen at all. Uranus is far away, so to see it you would need a telescope. There are lots of websites that will tell you when you can see the planets and where you can see different planets at different times. Try the related link below for one such website.

How long does it take to travel to Uranus from Earth by rocket?

It depends upon the speed of travel. The fastest current spacecraft (in 2012) would take about 5 years to travel there directly, provided Uranus was at its closest distance to Earth (the distance can vary from about 2.6 billion kilometers to 3.1 billion kilometers).

How much further is Uranus from the sun than Saturn?

Depending on where the two planets are in their orbits, they may be on the same side of the Sun (closer) or on opposite sides of the Sun (farther away). Saturn's average orbital distance is 1.43 billion kilometers while Uranus is about twice as far away at an average of 2.75 billion kilometers.

The very minimum distance (which only occurs once every few hundred Earth years) is about 1,235,000,000 kilometers (1.2 billion kilometers, or about 8 times the distance from Earth to the Sun).

Every 44 Earth years, as Saturn orbits, the minimum falls into the range of 1.4 to 1.5 billion kilometers.

The planets are also very rarely their farthest apart, about 4.26 billion kilometers, which has not occurred during the time humans have been observing the two planets.
The average distance between saturn and uranus is 1455 million km or 1,4 billion km.

What is William Herschel known for?

Sir Frederick William Herschel (15 November 1738 - 25 August 1822) was a German-born British astronomer, technical expert, and composer. Herschel became most famous for the discovery of Uranus in addition to two of its major moons, Titania and Oberon. He also discovered two moons of Saturn and infrared radiation.

Why does uranus rotate on it upside down?

Scientist aren't sure yet but they have a theory that a huge comet or asteroid collided with the blue planet causing it to spin on its side.

What color is Uranus' symbol?

Uranus is the only planet whose name is derived from a figure from Greek, rather than Roman mythology.

Its astronomical symbol is [See Link]. It is a hybrid of the symbols for Mars and the Sun because Uranus was the Sky in Greek mythology, which was thought to be dominated by the combined powers of the Sun and Mars
A circle with a dot in the middle then an arrow pointing upward at the top, there are, however, variations.

What is Uranus' orbital period?

The rotational period for Uranus varies. Since Uranus is a gaseous celestial object, the interior of Uranus rotates slower than it's poles. The interior of Uranus rotates once every 17 hours and 14 minutes. However, the very strong winds in the direction of rotation causes some latitudes, such as that of about two-thirds from the equator to the south pole, full rotation occurs in as little as 14 hours. As for the Orbital period of Uranus: once every 84 Earth years.

What is the size comparison of Earth and Uranus?

Uranus is the third-largest planet in the solar system, after Jupiter and Saturn. Uranus is about four times the diameter of the earth. Uranus is an ice giant, covered with clouds, and encircled by a belt of eleven rings and twenty-two moons.

What is the precipitation on uranus?

i think there is snow on uranus but i dont know for sure

What satellites or robots have visited Uranus?

The Voyager 2, launched in 1977, flew past Uranus in 1986.

What is the comparison of earths temperature and uranus temperature?

Uranus is a gas giant planet, and the coldest major planet in the solar system. The temperatures in the upper layers of its atmosphere (hydrogen and helium) are as low as 49° K (-224° C). The deeper levels include a mix of ammonia, methane and water, with a crushing pressure and temperatures of 5000 to 6500°K (about the same as the Earth's core). This is "cold" compared to the other gas giants, as Uranus seems to have lost much of its internal heat.

Earth, on the other hand, is warmed by the Sun, alternately heating and cooling as it rotates. Atmospheric currents keep the temperature range between -40° and +40° C (-40° to 104°F) for most of the planet, with extremes of -89° and +58°C (-128°F and 136°F).

How much does Uranus cost?

it takes a lot of fuel it takes 99,000,000,000,000,000,000 gallons of fuel

What age is planet Uranus?

Almost the same. A little bit younger due to time dilation. But the mass of a planet would have to be much larger to make a big difference

What surface composition of Uranus?

Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both are of different chemical composition than the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. As such, astronomers sometimes place them in a separate category, the "ice giants". Uranus's atmosphere, while similar to Jupiter and Saturn's in its primary composition of hydrogen and helium, contains more "ices" such as water, ammonia and methane, along with traces of hydrocarbons. It is the coldest planetary atmosphere in the Solar System, with a minimum temperature of 49 K (-224 °C). It has a complex, layered cloud structure, with water thought to make up the lowest clouds, and methane thought to make up the uppermost layer of clouds. In contrast the interior of Uranus is mainly composed of ices and rock

What is the travel time from Uranus to Neptune?

It would depend on where each planet was in its orbit. At a minimum, the two planets are about 1,633,310,000 km apart, and a maximum of 7,375,300,000 km apart.

At 1,000 km/hr, then, the minimum time would be 1,633,310 hours or 183 years. I'll let you do the math on the maximum time.

Roughly.

Are there aliens in Uranus?

The existence of aliens has not been proved yet although many scientists believe them to be in existence. As far as Uranus is concerned, there are no aliens or life forms of any kind there.

A separate branch of research called SETI (Search For Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) has been established by NASA to study about aliens (if any) in deep space. There are many thoughts behind the topic. For e.g., one hypothesis may explain it saying if The Earth has life on it, some other planet may have life in it as the Universe is unimaginably big.

There are also the crop circles, UFOs and many such themes which make people believe that aliens do exist. Many people claim to have seen flying saucers or UFOs and most skeptics say that they are all psychological problems or lies. The question is still an unsolved mystery. Lets hope if SETI opens our eyes to the truth behind the dark!!

How could you get food from earth to Uranus?

Put it in your mouth and in about 6 hours it will reach Uranus.

No I'mkiddingbut that was good wasn't it.


You could use rockets to get it there, a space ship, grow it on a space ship on the way there.Unfortunatelyat the time period it isn't possible to do any of these things and have the food be edible

What is the atmosphere made of on Uranus and Venus?

The atmosphere of Uranus is primarily composed of hydrogen (83%) and helium (15%), with trace amounts of methane and other hydrocarbons. Venus has a thick atmosphere made up of carbon dioxide (96.5%) and nitrogen (3.5%), with small amounts of other gases such as sulfur dioxide and water vapor. Both planets have different atmospheric compositions due to variations in their distance from the Sun and geological processes.

Is Uranus rough or smooth on the surface?

Saturn's surface has not been proven to be smooth. One of Saturn's moons have been confirmed to be smooth and mirror like though.

Does Uranus have robots?

No, of course not. But astronomers are searching for alien life in Mars.

Whats Uranus' physical features?

Uranus is a gas giant composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. It has a pale blue color due to the presence of methane in its atmosphere. The planet also has a system of narrow rings and a tilted rotational axis that causes extreme seasons.