uranus

Uranus The first person that named Uranus was William Herschel. He named it Georgium Sidus (George's star) after king George of England. After William died it was changed to Uranus because a German astronomer Johann Bode suggested it.For some reason he thought that since Saturn was Jupiter's father then the next outward planet should be called Saturns father Uranus. Uranus is the only planet called by a Greek name rather then a Roman name.

The atmospher of Uranus is comosped of 83% hydrogen, 15% helium, and 2% methane and a small amount of acetylene and other hydrocarbons. The methane in the upper atmosphere abosorbs red light, giving Uranus its blue-green color.

Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and it is the third largest planet in the solar system. Uranus has at least 22 moons but when i looked it only 21 moons. __Names of moons__ CORDELIA, OPHELIA, BIANCA,CRESSIDA, desdemona, juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, 1986U10, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Calibal, Stephana, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos

__The rings around are__ 1986U2r, 6, 5, 4, Alpha, Beta, Eta, Gamma, Delta, 1986U1R, Epsilon

-__15 Facts__ -Uranus has an equatorial diameter of 51,800 kilometers (32,190 miles) and it orbits the sun once every Earth year. -It rotates about its axis once every 17 hours 14 min. -It takes Uranus 84 years to orbit the sun. -it rotates about its axis once every 17 hours 14 min. -It rotates on its side and so half the time one pole is toward the sun and then the other marking each of the four seasons last about 20 years. -Uranus has 11 rings around it.

These are the three symbol that they say are for the planet Uranus.