Fun Facts for Uranus-Extra Credit

In mythology, Uranus was the lord of the skies and husband of Earth. He was also the king of the gods until his son Saturn overthrew him. Uranus is four times bigger than Earth. Therefore you would way more on Uranus. If you weigh 70 pounds on the Earth you would weigh 82 pounds on Uranus.
Unlike all the other planets and most of the moons in our Solar System Uranus spins on its side. It is believed that long ago a very large object smashed into this planet. The crash was so powerful that it completely changed the direction of Uranus' spin. Uranus may have an ocean of water beneath its clouds. It has a large rocky core, and because of the tremendous pressure could possibly contain trillions of large diamonds. Uranus is almost identical to the planet Neptune. Moons: Uranus has 27 moons. Five of these moons are large, and the rest are smaller. Their names are: Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, and 1986U10.

The distance between Uranus and Sun is almost twice the distance from Sun to Saturn. Uranus has a pale blue color, which is caused by the methane in its atmosphere which leaks out red light. Uranus orbits the Sun on its side. Its South Pole is pointed towards Earth. The angle of the tilt of its axis is 98 degrees. Like all Jovian planets, Uranus also has rings. The rings are made of ice and small rock particles, which are so faint that they appear as black as charcoal. Uranus rotates from east to west, like Venus. This is opposite from the spin of Earth.Uranus has 21 moons. Five of these moons are large, while the rest are smaller. Uranus' moons orbit the planet just like a Giant Wheel in a fair. A day on Uranus is shorter than a day on Earth, at about 17 hours long. Uranus is the only planet with a unique tilt of 98 degrees. Its seasons are extreme. When the Sun rises at its north pole, it stays up for 42 Earth years and then when it sets, the North Pole is in darkness for the next 42 Earth years.The atmospheric composition of Uranus comprises of hydrogen, helium, and methane.The force of gravity at the surface of Uranus is about 90 percent of that at the surface of Earth. An object that weighs 100 pounds on Earth would weigh about 90 pounds on Uranus.