URANUS

Renato Pejčin and Matko Šuperina�High School Novska / Croatia

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Uranus is the seventh in our Solar system

it is 3 098 628 240 km from Earth

Uranus’s mass is 14.536 Earths, and it’s volume is 63.086 Earths

General information

Uranus is an ice giant

It is the third largest planet in our solar system

It is named after the Greek titan Uranus

It’s composition is primarily made of hydrogen and helium

Uranus has a ring system and several moons

Uranus’ minimum temperature is 49K or -224°C

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The composition of Uranus

Composition of gasses in the atmosphere is: 83% hydrogen, 15% helium and 2.3% methane

Composition of ices on the surface is ammonia: ammonia, water, ammonium hydrosulfide and methane hydrate

The upper atmosphere is around 850K or around 577°C

while he lower atmosphere is around 320K or around 116°C

The Magnetosphere

Uranus has a powerful magnetic field that has a radius of 8000 km or around 5000 miles

It is an unusual one because it does not originate from it’s geometrical centre and it is tilted at 59°

Because of its asymmetry it is thought that Uranus’ magnetosphere to connect with the solar wind once a Uranian day, opening the planet to the Sun’s particles

Uranian Rings

Uranian rings are composed of extremely dark particles.

Thirteen distinct rings are presently known.

The brightest ring is the ε ring.

All except two rings of Uranus are extremely narrow.

They are usually a few kilometres wide.

Uranus actually has two ring systems, the inner and the outer ring system because they are so far apart.

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