Transcript Uranus
Dominic,sergio,kyle, Tyler Uranus Info. • Uranus was one of the first planets to be discovered. It is the seventh planet in the solar system. • Scientist say that Uranus got hit by an object that made it tilt. • Uranus is a ball of hydrogen and helium gases with a core of rock with ice around it. Rings • It has 9 thin rings made of pieces of ice. • The rings are black which make them hard to see. • The rings are also made of rocks that orbit around Uranus. Uranus satellites • Uranus has 27 satellites • Ariel, Belinda, Bianca, Caliban, Cordelia, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Miranda, Oberon, Ophelia, Portia, Puck, Rosalind, Sycorax, Titania, and Umbriel are the names of Uranus’ satelites. • Their names come from characters of Shakespeare's work. • Uranus is the 7th planet from the Sun. • It orbits at a distance of 2.88 billion km. • Uranus is a really cold planet because it is far from the Sun. • Uranus is composed primarily of rock and various ice. • Uranus’ atmosphere is about 83% hydrogen, 15% helium, and 2% methane. Uranus video uranus Composition • Uranus is a frozen gaseous planet with a molten core. • It’s atmosphere is made of: 83% hydrogen, 15% helium, and 2% methane. • Inside of Uranus is a layered atmosphere which is made of: hydrogen, helium, methane, • Under that is the liquid hydrogen, • underneath that the next layer consists of: Size and Density Uranus is about four times bigger then Earth. Its diameter at the equator is 51,118 km. The density of Uranus is 1.27 gr/cm3. You can fit 63 Earths inside of Uranus and still have room. Composition and density are similar to Jupiter or Saturn. Distance from the Earth • The distance from Uranus to Earth is 2.58 billion km. • Earth and Uranus are both in orbit around the Sun. • which means there are times when the planets are all lined up on opposite sides of the sun. • When they're on opposite sides of the Sun, Uranus' distance from Earth is 3.16 billion km. • Uranus is so far from Earth that only one spacecraft has ever made the journey.