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Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and the third largest (by diameter). [1]
Solid lines denote rings; dashed lines denote orbits of moons. [2]
NASA’s Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have visited the planet and no other visits are currently planned. [3]
This huge, icy planet is covered with clouds and is encircled by a belt of 11 rings and 22 known moons. [4]
At the time of Voyager 2’s passage, Uranus’ south pole was pointed almost directly at the Sun. [1]
Voyager 2 found that one of the most striking influences of this sideways position is its effect on the tail of the magnetic field, which is itself tilted 60 degrees from the planet’s axis of rotation. [5]
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun in the Solar System. [2]
The spacecraft discovered 10 additional moons and several rings before heading on to Neptune. [6]
The other planets, (from Mercury out to Saturn), have been known since ancient times, and Uranus’ discovery expanded the boundaries of the Solar System for the first time in modern human history. [...] The second symbol is a combination of the devices for the Sun and Mars, as Uranus was the personification of heaven in Greek mythology, dominated by the light of the Sun and the power of Mars. [3]
The Uranian system has a unique configuration among the planets because its axis of rotation is tilted sideways, nearly into the plane of its revolution about the Sun. [7]
The names for these moons are chosen from characters from the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. [2]
The rings and planet are to scale and shows the view Voyage 2 had of at the time the images were taken. [5]
Most of what we know about Uranus came from Voyager 2’s flyby in 1986. [6]
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. [7]
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[1] Uranus l Uranus facts, pictures and information.
[2] Uranus - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] Uranus - New World Encyclopedia
[4] Uranus - EnchantedLearning.com
[5] Uranus
[6] Solar System Exploration: Planets: Uranus
[7] Uranus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia