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i need help with my home work cuz i have to do a report on Uranus.

2006-09-24 11:52:18 · 6 answers · asked by VelvetRainDrops[Hannah] 2 in Science & Mathematics Earth Sciences & Geology

6 answers

Well, then try doing some R-E-S-E-A-R-C-H.

Ever wondered why they are called "research papers"?

Yeesh.

2006-09-24 11:54:17 · answer #1 · answered by poorcocoboiboi 6 · 0 0

Well, hope this helps:

Uranus

For thousands of years mankind believed that there were only five planets in the solar system. But an astronomer called William Herschel discovered a new planet in 1781. Uranus orbits the Sun more than twice as far as Saturn. Uranus takes 84 Earth years to complete a single revolution around the Sun. Uranus is a gaseous planet like Saturn and Jupiter, with a distinct blue-green appearence, probably because of the concentration of methane in its upper atmosphere. Uranus has a core composed of silicate rock and metals, With a diameter of roughly 51,800 kilometers. It's core is covered by frozen methane ammonia and water ice 9,600 kilometers deep. The most abundant elements in Uranus' atmosphere are hydrogen and helium. Its atmosphere also contains methane acetylane and other hydrocarbons.

Uranus has an axial inclination of 98 degrees, which was discovered in 1829. Uranus also has a ring system which was discovered in 1977. People thought Uranus had only nine rings, but when Voyager two passed Uranus two more were identified. Uranus' ring system probably did not form at the same time as the planet.

The widest ring prior to Voyager 2 visiting Uranus was the outermost ring, Epsilon, which measured from 22 to 96 kilometers. In 1986 Voyager 2 identified a new innermost ring called 1986UR2, which is 2,500 kilometers wide. The narrowest complete rings are less than a kilometer wide.

2006-09-24 12:02:43 · answer #2 · answered by ~Charmed Flor~ 4 · 1 0

Uranus

Uranus is the seventh planet from the moon and is the third largest. It was discovered in 1781 by William Herschel. It has a diameter of 51,800 kilometers. It s mass is 14 times of Earth's and 4 times of Earth's in radius. It orbits the Sun once every 84.01 Earth years. It has a distance from the Sun of 2.87 billion kilometers. Uranus is also the third giant gas planet. A day on Uranus is 17 hours 14 minutes. The atmosphere of Uranus is made of 83% hydrogen, 15% helium, 2% methane and little amounts of acetylene and other hydrocarbons. Methane absorbs red light, giving Uranus its blue-green color. It has a atmosphere pressure of 1.2(bar). Like Neptune Uranus contains more amounts of heavy elements than Jupiter or Saturn. Uranus is covered with clouds. In the upper atmosphere of Uranus its only 58 degrees K (Kelvin).

Uranus is tipped on its side. Its position is thought to be the result of a crash with a planet-sized body in the early times. The rotation axis is 8 degrees out of the plane of its orbit. The tail of the magnetic field is itself tilted 60 degrees from the planet's axis of rotation. The magnetic field itself is about 50 times stronger than that of the Earth.

Before telescopes were invented people who saw Uranus thought that it was a star. After telescopes were invented observers observed it more closely and realized that it was a planet all along. Documents that were dated back to 1690 cataloged it as a star.

Uranus' Rings

Uranus' first nine rings were discovered in 1977. Then two more were discovered. That brings a total of 11 rings. No material can be detected between the rings. The rings' brightness vary their angle to the Sun. The brightest ring is the Epsilon ring. Uranus' rings are different from Jupiter and Saturn's rings. There possibly may be incomplete rings or ring arcs. They are as small as 50 meters (160 feet) in width. Uranus' rings are less extensive than of Saturn's. Also it may be rock rather than ice.

Uranus' Moons

Uranus has at least 22 moons. The two largest moons are Titania and Oberon. There are 5 large moons and 10 small ones. Five of Uranus' many moons are Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon. Miranda is 500 km in diameters.

2006-09-25 09:10:10 · answer #3 · answered by Via L 2 · 0 0

The elements on Uranus are just like the elements of any other planet--lots of hydrogen, carbon, and nitrogen.

2006-09-24 12:00:02 · answer #4 · answered by yofatcat1 6 · 0 0

not sure. but i'm geting on my space shuttle tommorow. i'll send you a sample of it when i get back so you can analyze it.

2006-09-24 11:55:37 · answer #5 · answered by dread pirate lavenderbeard 4 · 0 0

faeces.

2006-09-24 11:54:52 · answer #6 · answered by Arts 6 · 0 0

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