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| + | | [[Orbit]]: 2,870,990,000 km (19.218 AU) from Sun | ||
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| + | | [[Diameter]]: 51,118 km (equatorial) | ||
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| + | | [[Mass]]: 8.683e25 kg | ||
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[[Image:Sausage.jpg|right|his 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.]] | [[Image:Sausage.jpg|right|his 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.]] | ||
'''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]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:16, March 29, 2007
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| Orbit: 2,870,990,000 km (19.218 AU) from Sun | ||
| Diameter: 51,118 km (equatorial) | ||
| Mass: 8.683e25 kg | ||
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.
It's probably called Uranus because it's a planet mainly composed of gaseous hydrogen and helium, with a small metallic core.