URANUS IS A MAJOR PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM. IT IS THE SEVENTH PLANET FROM THE SUN. URANUS HAS AN INNER ROCKY MIDDLE WITH AN OCEAN OF WATER AND ROCKY MATERIAL AROUND IT. URANUS HAS 10 KNOWN RINGS, 18 CONFIRMED MOONS, AND 3 OTHER BODIES THAT MAY BE MOONS. URANUS IS 14.5 TIMES GREATER THAN THE MASS OF THE EARTH. URANUS WAS THE FIRST PLANET THAT PEOPLE DISCOVERED BY USING A TELESCOPE.

URANUS'S BLUE-GREEN COLOUR COMES FROM THE METHANE GAS PRESENT IN ITS COLD, CLEAR ATMOSPHERE. THE DARK SHADINGS AT THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE SPHERE CORRESPOND TO THE DAY-NIGHT BOUNDARY ON THE PLANET. BEYOND THIS BOUNDARY, URANUS' NORTHERN HEMISPHERE REMAINS IN PERPETUAL DARKNESS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE PLANET ROTATES.

URANUS TAKES 84 YEARS TO COMPLETE A SINGLE REVOLUTION AROUND THE SUN, SO A YEAR ON URANUS IS 84 TIMES LONGER THAN A YEAR ON EARTH. ITS AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS -212 DEGREES CELSIUS.

URANUS IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY WAS THE GOD OF THE HEAVENS AND THE HUSBAND OF GAEA, WHO PERSONIFIED THE EARTH. URANUS WAS THE FATHER OF THE TITANS, THE CYCLOPES AND THE 100-HANDED GIANTS. THE TITANS, LED BY THEIR RULER, CRONOS, DETHRONED URANUS.

	THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE INNER MOONS AND RINGS OF URANUS.
	THE PHOTO BELOW IS OF THE MOON ARIEL.	THE PHOTO BELOW IS OF THE MOON MIRANDA.

WRITTEN BY AMY