In Depth | Uranus – NASA Solar System Exploration
The seventh planet from the Sun with the third largest diameter in our solar system, Uranus is very cold and windy. The ice giant is surrounded by 13 faint rings and 27 small moons as it rotates at a nearly 90-degree angle from the plane of its orbit.
10 Need-to-Know Things About Uranus - NASA Solar System …
Uranus is an ice giant. Most of its mass is a hot, dense fluid of "icy" materials – water, methane and ammonia – above a small rocky core.
Planet Compare - NASA Solar System Exploration
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Uranus By the Numbers - NASA Solar System Exploration
2025年1月9日 · Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun, and the third largest planet in our solar system. It appears to spin sideways.
Bibliography - NASA Solar System Exploration
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RPS 3D Viewer - NASA Solar System Exploration
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Uranus 3D Model - NASA Solar System Exploration
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In Depth | Uranus Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration
All of Uranus's inner moons (those observed by Voyager 2) appear to be roughly half water ice and half rock. The composition of the moons outside the orbit of Oberon remains unknown, but they are likely captured asteroids.
In Depth | Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration
In the outer solar system, the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn and the ice giants Uranus and Neptune have dozens of moons. As these planets grew in the early solar system, they were able to capture smaller objects with their large gravitational fields.
The Case for a Uranus Orbiter - NASA Solar System Exploration
This paper discusses some of the fundamental science that must be done at Uranus if we are to understand our Solar System and systems discovered around other stars. We suggest a Uranus Orbiter should be launched in the next decade.