Are there any special features on Uranus?

Answer 1

• It was once thought to be a comet.
• It takes 84 Earth years to orbit once around the sun.
• It has at least twenty moons and ten rings.
• It is difficult to see even through a telescope because it is 2 billion miles from the sun.
• All other eight planets have poles at the top and bottom. Uranus has poles on the sides and orbits like it is lying down.
• It is a gas giant.
• The temperature is around -357°F

*Yes Uranus's is named after the god of the sky.

Answer 2

Uranus is known for its unique sideways rotation, which causes it to essentially roll on its side as it orbits the Sun. It also has a complex system of rings and a blue-green color due to the presence of methane in its atmosphere.

Answer 3

Five of Uranus' moons have icy, cratered surfaces. The craters show that the moons have been hit by rocks from space. Uranus' moons also have lava flows on their surfaces, suggesting that material has erupted from inside each moon.

Also, the planet Uranus its rings and its moons are on their sides.

Answer 4

Uranus has 11 rings, they are made of ice and rocks. People didn't think that Uranus had rings until William Herschel, while studding Uranus in the sky saw a star behind it wink. He saw the star, then it disappeared, making it look like it was winking. He came to the conclusion that it had 11 rings.

Answer 5

NASA discovered in 2006 that Uranus has several dark spots which are similar in nature to the Great Dark Spot on Neptune, but much smaller in size.

Answer 6

yes