Uranus
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- How did Uranus get it's name?
- Umm... hey Neptune. So hi!
- What am I doing?
- Umm.. hi?
- How many moons do you have?
- Help me.
- You and me both sister.
- May I go to the restroom!?!?
- Do you have rings, Uranus?
- Yeah, but they're tiny.
- no fair!
- German astronomer Johann Elert Bode (whose research helped to confirm the object as a planet) named Uranus after an ancient Greek god of the sky. Uranus is also the only planet to be named after a Greek god rather than a Roman one.
- How far are you from the sun?
- People discovered that Uranus has 27 moons. 5 major moons Uranus has are: Ariel, Miranda, Titania, Oberon, and Umbriel.
- Does Uranus have it's own path?
- Really Earth!?
- Wee!!!
- I'm on my 84th one!
- Uranus has tiny rings, like Saturn does. They are made of water ice, and a little dust. Uranus has two sets of rings, and it looks like a Saturn on it's side because Uranus is the only planet on it's side. People believe that another planet bumped into Uranus, and made it on it's side.
- More facts about Uranus
- If you want to learn more, go to allabouturanus.com on google.
- Uranus is 1.8383 billion miles from the sun! Poor Uranus. Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. Neptune is 2.7813 billion miles away from the sun! Pluto is 3.7 billion miles away from the sun!
- C-cant I be Earth instead?
- No. And y-you think you're l-life is bad?
- (Shiver)
- P-poor Pluto.
- Pluto is actually the only planet that has it's own path. It will take 84 Earth years for Uranus to orbit once around the sun! The seasons must be really long there! It will take Neptune 165 Earth years yo orbit the sun once! And, it would take Pluto 248 Earth years to orbit the sun once! Wow!
- My mom Kuiper is waiting. Bye!
- Hey! Wait up!
- Uranus is known as the “sideways planet” because it rotates on its side. Uranus was discovered in 1781 by William Herschel. Uranus is an Ice Giant planet and nearly four times larger than Earth. Uranus turns on its axis once every 17 hours, 14 minutes. Uranus is colder than any other planet! A Season on Uranus lasts one long day – 42 years!
- Or allaboutneptune.com on google.
- Nope.
- Dang it!
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