Uranus Uranus Once considered one of the blanderlooking planets marily of ID: 210129
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Uranus National Aeronautics and Uranus Once considered one of the blander-looking planets, marily of ÒicyÓ materials (water, methane, and ammonia), with higher-itudes blowing westward between 100 and 600 km/hr. In 1998, theHubble Space Telescopeious altitudes in UranusÕs atmosphere. The bright clouds are probablyplanetÕs history, which apparently changed UranusÕs rotation radically. UranusÕs magnetic field is unusual in that the magnetic axis is tilted 60degrees from the planetÕs axis of rotation and is offset from the centerof the planet by one-third of the planetÕs radius. that greatly. Near the cloudtops, the temperature of Uranus is nearSix of UranusÕs rings were discovered in 1977 by scientists aboardNASAÕs that same day, and the count to 11. The rings are in the planetÕs equatorial plane, per-and narrow, while the 11th ring is inside the other ten and is broad andindicate partial melting of the interior, with icy material occasionally Roman God, Father of the Titans14.535 times EarthÕs mass0.889 of EarthÕsRosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Sir William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon.detects magnetic field, and measures length of Uranian day.Hubble Space Telescope False-color image taken in the near-infrared of Uranus, 4 of its-infrared of Uranus, 4 of itsHubble Space Telescope NICMOS,(Top, center and right)MirandaÕs surface consists of twoty. The other is a young, complex terrain characterized by sets ofture above and to the right of center. The ice cliffs at right are 20 km 1)NASA Solar System Exploration: 4th ed., Beatty, Petersen, Chaikin, eds., 1999.3)NASA Planetary Photojournal: National Aeronautics and