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'''Uranus''' is the seventh planet in the Solar System. Uranus was discovered by the English astronomer [[William Herschel]] in 1781. It was originally named "Georgium Sidis," or "George's Planet," in honor of King George III of England. The name was later changed and named after the ancient Greek god of the heavens who was the father of [[Saturn]] (Chronos) and grandfather of [[Jupiter]] (Zeus). Uranus has twenty one moons, including Miranda, Circe, Puck, Baltar, Spungo, and Tybalt. Most of the moons of Uranus have names drawn from the works of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]. | '''Uranus''' is the seventh planet in the Solar System. Uranus was discovered by the English astronomer [[William Herschel]] in 1781. It was originally named "Georgium Sidis," or "George's Planet," in honor of King George III of England. The name was later changed and named after the ancient Greek god of the heavens who was the father of [[Saturn]] (Chronos) and grandfather of [[Jupiter]] (Zeus). Uranus has twenty one moons, including Miranda, Circe, Puck, Baltar, Spungo, and Tybalt. Most of the moons of Uranus have names drawn from the works of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]. | ||
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 This picture of Uranus was compiled from images recorded by Voyager 2 on January 10, 1986, when the NASA spacecraft was 18 million kilometers (11 million miles) from the planet. | |
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| Date of discovery | 1781 |
| Name of discoverer | William Herschel |
| Name origin | Roman god |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Order from primary | 7 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mass | 8.683x1025 kg |
| Diameter | 51,118 km |
| Number of moons | 22 |
| Albedo | 0.51 |
Uranus is the seventh planet in the Solar System. Uranus was discovered by the English astronomer William Herschel in 1781. It was originally named "Georgium Sidis," or "George's Planet," in honor of King George III of England. The name was later changed and named after the ancient Greek god of the heavens who was the father of Saturn (Chronos) and grandfather of Jupiter (Zeus). Uranus has twenty one moons, including Miranda, Circe, Puck, Baltar, Spungo, and Tybalt. Most of the moons of Uranus have names drawn from the works of Shakespeare.
The name "Uranus" was first proposed by Bode[1] in conformity with the other planetary names from classical mythology but didn't come into common use until 1850.
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