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Uranus is the _______ planet from the sun. |
seventh |
my very excited mother just served US noodles. |
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Uranus is known as an Ice Giant? True or False |
True |
The temperature on Uranus can be as low as -322.6 F. |
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How many rings does Uranus have? a. 20 b.5 c.9 d.13 |
D. 13 rings |
Uranus has thirteen rings: 9 narrow, 2 dusty, and 2 outer rings. |
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How many moons does Uranus have? a. 20 b.13 c.50 d.27 |
Uranus has 27 moons, D. |
Uranus has 27 moons , almost all are named after Shakespearean characters. |
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What three gases make up Uranus' atmosphere? |
Helium, hydrogen, and methane. |
These three gasses give Uranus its greenish-blue color. |
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Uranus was the first planet discovered by telescope? True or False |
True |
Uranus was discovered in 1781, by William Herschel. |
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Has any spacecraft ever landed on Uranus? |
No |
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew closely past distant Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, in January 1986. |
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Uranus has a tilted rotation. True or False |
True |
Uranus' tilted rotation is thought to be caused by a collision that happened to the planet shortly after its formation. |
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How far from the sun is Uranus in relation to the Earth to Sun distance? a. 200 times the Earth to Sun distance b. 19 times the Earth to Sun distance |
B. 19 times the Earth to Sun distance |
Earth is around 92.96 million miles from the Sun. Uranus is 1.97 billion miles from the Sun. |
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How many days does it take Uranus to orbit the sun? a. 22,000 b. 200 c. 450 d. 30,685 |
d. 30,685 |
Uranus has a very slow orbit compared to the Earth, it only takes our planet 365 days to orbit the Sun. |
