URANUS AND ITS
MOONS
Parker Murden & Brandon Haynes
GENERAL INFORMATION
URANUS IS A GAS GIANT
A gas giant is a planet that has a deep massive atmosphere .
SIZE?
Uranus is four times the size of earth.
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COLOR & UNIQUE SURFACE FEATURES
Uranus is blue and is a GIANT gas with no solid surface .
HOW LONG IS A DAY AND A YEAR ON URANUS?
A day is 17 Hours and a year is 84 Earth year
WHAT IS URANUS’ DENSITY COMPARED TO
EARTH?
• Uranus is about a quarter as dense as compared to Earth. It’s
only 24% as dense, to be exact.
HOW IS URANUS’ GRAVITY COMPARED TO
EARTH?
• Uranus’ gravity is 91% as strong as the gravity on Earth’s.
WHAT IS URANUS’ ATMOSPHERE MADE OF?
• Uranus is made of gases such as hydrogen and helium.
WHAT IS URANUS’ SURFACE MADE OF?
• Uranus’ surface is made of H2O, methane CH4, and NH3
ammonia.
WHAT IS URANUS’ INTERIOR COMPOSITION
MADE OF?
• Uranus’ interior composition is made of a liquid layer of
hydrogen and helium
MAGNETIC FIELD COMPARED TO EARTH
MOONS OF URANUS
• Uranus has 27 moons and its five main moons are Oberon,
Titania, Umbriel, Ariel, and Miranda.
• Oberon:1520 km (1013 miles) in size
• Titania:1,600 km (1,000 miles) in diameter
• Umbriel:1,200 km (750 miles)
• Ariel: 190,900 km (118,619 miles)
• Miranda:1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles)
UNIQUE FACTS OF URANUS
• Is the coldest planet
• Is turned over and rotates on its side
• A day in the north pole of Uranus is 84 Earth years
• Has rings
• Is the first planet discovered in modern age
• Uranus is four times the size of Earth.
• It is blue and is a GIANT gas with no surface.
• One day on Uranus is equal to 17 hours and one year is equal
to 84 Earth years.
• It is only 24% as dense as compared to Earth.
• Gravity on Uranus is 91% as strong as Earth’s gravity.
• The atmosphere is made of gases, such as hydrogen and
helium.
• Uranus’ surface is made of H2O, methane CH4, and NH3
ammonia.
• The interior composition of the planet is made of a liquid layer
of hydrogen and helium.
• Uranus’ magnetic field is 47.9, compared to Earth’s which is at
0.006.
• Uranus has 27 moons total. The five main moons are Oberon,
Titania, Umbriel, Ariel, and Miranda.
• Some unique facts about Uranus are that it’s the coldest planet
and is the first planet discovered in the modern age.
SOURCE PAGE
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Uranus
Holt Earth Science Textbook
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html