Michael+&+Matt

= **Uranus!!** =

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How did URANUS get it's name?
 * It was named after the Greek god of the sky.

Who discovered URANUS?
 * William Herschel

When did he/she discover URANUS?
 * March 13th,1781

How did he/she discover URANUS?
 * Will was surveying the stars

Where was the astronomy tower that they used to find URANUS?
 * Bath, England

DISTANCES Order from the sun: 7th planet from the sun

Distance from the sun: 1.87 billion miles (3 billion km)

Distance from the Earth: 1.687 billion miles (3.3 billion km)

PLANET MEASUREMENTS Mass:8.68*1025kg

Volume: 6833*1010 kg^3

ORBIT AND ROTATION Number of days to orbit around the sun:84 Earth years (30660 days)

Perihelion (how close does it get to the sun?): 2.74*109 km

Equatorial Circumference: 159,354.1km

Mean density: 1.27g

Gravity:90% of Earth's gravity

Aphelion (how far does it get from the sun?): 3*109km

Length of one day (number of hours in one day?): 1709 Earth hours

Planet appearance: It is a colorful planet with many different shades of green and blue.It is "knocked" on its side and has many rings.It is a gasues planet.

Rings: URANUS has 11 with rocks about 10m wide.It has colors of white, green, and blue.

Sattelites (moons): Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdomona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda, Perdita, Puck, Mab, Miranda, Areil, Umbreil, Titanis, Dorran, Caliban, Stepano, Trinculo, Sycorax, Prospero and Setebos.

COMPOSITION:

Core Composition:Molten Rock

Surface Composition:Gases

ATMOSPHERE Major Gases:Hydrogen

Minor Gases:Helium, Methane

SURFACE CONDITION:

Wind Speeds:21.3 kph

Tempreture Ranges:-218.C

Surface Pressure:1318 kg/ m3

WEATHER

Cold and Windy

WATER What forms of water are found on your planet?: frozen water is the only presence of water on URANUS

EXPLORATION The only human exploration was the Voyager in January 24 of 1986

HABITABILITY What would happen to a human if they tried to travel to URANUS is that they wouldn't be able to even land because the surface is made of gas.

FUTURE HUMAN TRAVEL problem: Takes many years to travel there.

solution: Sending a robot or a rover.

TERRAFORMING Very advanced life supports such as: air tanks, high powered suits that withstand different amounts of pressure and, jet packs.

COOL FACTS Matthew would weigh 79.5 lbs, Michael would weigh 91.4 lbs 1.URANUS is turned over on it's side

2.URANUS has 27 moons

3.URANUS has a total of 13 rings [|The Planet Uranus] [|Solar Views] [|Space.com]