Facts About Planet Uranus
The universe tend to have astounding facts that scientists have taken long time to discover. The discovery of the planets alone and exploration tours by satellites and distant observation using a telescope has offered so much knowledge to human about the space. So much information has been acquired about the space such that one can have so many details about a planet such as the Uranus. It is a cool space fact that Uranus is the seventh furthest planet from the sun. It is also a cool space fact that the planet earth is third with mercury being the first and Venus the second. It is also a cool space fact that one would have to pass mars, Jupiter and Saturn from earth prior to reaching planet Uranus. It took long to be recognized as a planet due to its dimness as well as its being slow on its orbit. It is also a cool fact that it uranus happen to be the first planet to be discovered using a telescope. The planet Uranus tends to be known as the planet rolling around the sun due to its 98? inclination to its axis.
Uranus has an equatorial diameter of 51,118 km, polar diameter of 49,946 km and a mass of 8.68 x 10^25 kg (15 Earths). Among the names of the moons in Uranus include the Titania, Umbriel and Oberon. It is also a fact that the temperatures in planet mars tend to go as low as -216 ?C. One would also need to note that the Uranus orbit period is 30,687 days (84.0 years) while the orbit distance is 2,870,658,186 km (19.19 AU). The name Uranus is also said to come from an ancient Greek deity which was known as Ouranos.
It is also a fact that some parts of the planet Uranus tend to be exposed to the sun for 42 years and also tend to be exposed to another 42 years of darkness. Uranus is also known to have a pale blue color that is as a result of water on its upper atmosphere that also tend to contain methane ice crystals and ammonia. Uranus as a planet tend to contain a mixture of helium and hydrogen gases together with a mixture of ice and rock which forms the mantle.
Compared to other planets, Uranus tend to hit the lowest temperature range. It is known to hit temperatures as low as -224?C making it nearly the coldest planet in the entire solar system. On average, Neptune tend to be averagely colder but does not hit temperatures as low as -224?C. Miranda tends to be the most amazing moon with terraces, ice canyons, and other strange looking surfaces. One would need to note that a spacecraft has taken close range images displaying images of its moons, its rings as well as detailed information of the planet Uranus.
