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Uranus
Uranus in Greek religion and mythology, the heaven, first ruler of the universe, son of Gaea (the earth). He was the father of Gaea's children, the Titans, the Cyclopes, and the Hundred-handed Ones (the Hecatoncheires). Fearing that his children would rebel against him, he imprisoned them, but Kron... Read more
Uranus
Uranus , in astronomy, 7th planet from the sun, at a mean distance of 1.78 billion mi (2.87 billion km), with an orbit lying between those of Saturn and Neptune; its period of revolution is slightly more than 84 years. The first planet discovered in modern times with the aid of a telescope, Uranus w... Read more
Ariel
Ariel , in astronomy, one of the moons, or natural satellites, of Uranus . ... Read more
Belinda
Belinda in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus . ... Read more
Bianca
Bianca in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus . ... Read more
Caliban
Caliban in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus . ... Read more
cordelia
cordelia in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus . ... Read more
Cressida
Cressida in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus . ... Read more
Desdemona
Desdemona in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus . ... Read more
Juliet
Juliet in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus . ... Read more

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Uranus
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science Uranus Results from the flyby of the Voyager 2 spacecraft Uranus ’ s magnetic field Uranus ’ rotation Uranus ’ atmosphere Uranus ’ s internal structure Uranus ’ rings Uranus is the seventh planet...
Neptune
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...while being slightly more massive than Uranus, which is about 14 times the mass of Earth...Astronomers consider Neptune to form with Uranus a subgroup of the Jovian planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune). Neptune and Uranus are...
Planetary Ring Systems
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...can see directly from Earth. Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune, do however all have ring...detailed structure. The rings around Uranus were discovered next. On March 10, 1977, four groups of astronomers observed Uranus pass in front of a star and occult it...
Astrological Planets
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...Saturn. As other planets were discovered (Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto), they were added...large comet orbiting between Saturn and Uranus. The practice of astrology is based on...consciousness indicate Neptune's influence. Uranus. Uranus is by nature extremely cold...
Planet X
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...Herschel (1738 – 1822) discovered Uranus, after detecting what he believed to...Calculations to determine the orbit of Uranus were made, and the planet was found to...arose. After 60 years, it was noticed Uranus was not following its predicted orbit...
planet
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Earth ( Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , and Uranus , Neptune . Pluto , long regarded after...Jovian planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—are much larger...telescope other planets became visible. Uranus, detected in 1781 by Sir William Herschel...
John Couch Adams
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...William Herschel had discovered the planet Uranus. From then on, astronomers had sought to account for the movement of Uranus according to the rules which governed...Neptune Adams's initial attack on Uranus, begun upon his graduation in 1843...
solar system
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Venus , earth , Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , Uranus , and Neptune . The planets orbiting nearer...gas giants—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Its orbit, which is tilted...Jupiter, is 3°, whereas that of Uranus is 98°, causing its axis of rotation...
Celestial mechanics
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...x2013; 1822) fortuitously discovered Uranus, the seventh major planet from the Sun...initial orbital elements calculated for Uranus did not accurately allow prediction of...six other major planets. Before 1821, Uranus was consistently observed to be ahead...
Voyager Spacecraft
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...Voyager 2 was successfully extended to Uranus and Neptune. The Voyagers are the most...gravitational assist from that planet, to Uranus. A Grand Tour is only available to spacecraft...angles to the plane of the ecliptic so that Uranus, with its system of moons, moves as...

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Uranus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy Uranus (symbol ♅ or ) The seventh planet...discovered telescopically by F. W. Herschel . Uranus is distinctly ellipsoidal in shape (equatorial...rotates in 17 h 14 m. Uranus has a thick atmosphere composed of 83...
uranian satellites
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences uranian satellites See ARIEL (URANUS I); BELINDA (URANUS XIV); BIANCA (URANUS VIII); CORDELIA (URANUS VI); CRESSIDA (URANUS IX); DESDEMONA (URANUS X); JULIET (URANUS XI); MIRANDA (URANUS V); OBERON (URANUS IV); OPHELIA...
Bouvard, Alexis
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...astronomiques of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus (1821). His aim in drawing up the tables...the three planets: unexpectedly, his Uranus tables agitated astronomers for two decades...satisfactory. Since the discovery of Uranus in 1781 many accurate observations had...
Adams, John Couch
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...irregularities in the motion of the planet Uranus, decided to investigate them as soon...began the longdeferred investigation of Uranus. By October 1843 Adams had arrived at...convinced him that the disturbances of Uranus were due to an undiscovered planet. In...
Miranda
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences Miranda ( Uranus V ) One of the major satellites of Uranus , discovered by Gerard Kuiper in 1948. Its radius is 240...albedo 0.27; gravity 0.01 (Earth = 1); distance from Uranus 129 850 km. The surface temperature is about 43 K. Miranda...
Titania
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy Titania The largest satellite of Uranus, 1578 km in diameter; also known as Uranus III. It orbits in 8.706 days at a distance...W. Herschel , soon after the discovery of Uranus itself. Titania has an icy surface with a...
Prospero
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy Prospero A retrograde satellite of Uranus outermost but one disstance of 16...x2009;000 km; also known as Uranus XVIII. It obits every 1978.3 days at an inclination of 152° to Uranus' equator. Prospero has a diameter...
Delambre, Jean-Baptiste Joseph
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...the subject of the motion of the planet Uranus, which had been discovered by William...that these eight years of observation of Uranus represent only about one-tenth of its...To determine the orbit and motion of Uranus, Delambre had to consider the perturbations...
Le Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...the time. For Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus he demonstrated that stability is acquired...Neptune. Until 1846 there was no theory of Uranus that permitted its movements to be represented...began by establishing a precise theory of Uranus. He then demonstrated that its observed...
Caliban
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy Caliban A retrograde satellite of Uranus, sixteenth in order from the planet...000 km; also known as Uranus XVI. It orbits every 579.7 days...inclination of over 140° to Uranus' equator. Caliban has a diameter...

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god
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...Oceanus Orpheus Pan Paris Persephone Phaethon Philemon Pluto Poseidon Priapus Proteus Selene Serapis Tartarus Tethys Themis Tyche Uranus Victory Zeus Roman Aesculapius Aurora Bellona Ceres Cupid Diana Faunus Flora Fortuna Juno Jupiter Luna Maia Mars Mercury Minerva...

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Far out! Uranus is sure an odd ball
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/19/1986; ; 700+ words ; ...astronomer, Sir William Herschel, identified Uranus as a planet in 1781. He first thought...Little-known Pluto possibly excepted, Uranus is far and away the strangest member of...and the seventh farthest from the sun. Uranus is a huge ball about 31,800 miles in...
Focus on Uranus.(SCOPE ON SKIES)
Magazine article from: Science Scope; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...named after the Greek god Ouranos, or Uranus as it is now spelled. William Herschel...include discovering additional moons around Uranus and Saturn, determining the proper motion...led him to the discovery of the planet Uranus. During the spring of 1781, as Herschel...
NASA: Huge spring storms rouse Uranus from winter hibernation.
M2 Presswire; 3/30/1999; 700+ words ; ...1999-NASA: Huge spring storms rouse Uranus from winter hibernation (C)1994-99...Earth were anything like it will be on Uranus, we would be experiencing waves of massive...one of the blander-looking planets, Uranus is now revealed as a dynamic world with...
RELEASE: 99-47 HUGE SPRING STORMS ROUSE URANUS FROM WINTER HIBERNATION
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 3/29/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Earth were anything like it will be on Uranus, we would be experiencing waves of massive...one of the blander-looking planets, Uranus is now revealed as a dynamic world with...well up from deep in the atmosphere of Uranus. The movie, created by Hubble researcher...
Waiting for the word from Uranus. (Voyager 2 data)
Magazine article from: Science News; 6/15/1985; ; 700+ words ; Waiting for the Word from Uranus Michael Kaiser has been waiting for...come on. The topic: a message from Uranus. Kaiser is one of many scientists working...2 spacecraft, which will flash past Uranus next Jan. 24. More specifically...
NASA's Hubble Discovers New Rings & Moons Around Uranus.
PR Newswire; 12/22/2005; 700+ words ; ...photographed a new pair of rings around Uranus and two new, small moons orbiting the...from the planet, they are being called Uranus' "second ring system." One of the...Hubble data also reveals the orbits of Uranus' family of inner moons have changed significantly...
Scientists baffled by Uranus data
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/28/1986; ; 700+ words ; ...solar system. The rotation of the planet Uranus has been measured at 16 hours 48 minutes...equator have been found to be circling Uranus in roughly half that time - about eight...winds The dense atmosphere that shrouds Uranus's un observable surface is being swept...
Oh, to be on Uranus, now that spring is there!
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 4/6/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...t know it's springtime on the planet Uranus. Not many people do. How do I? Well...season has been witnessed, since a year on Uranus is roughly equivalent to 84 of our Earth...is over its equator. But oh, to be on Uranus, now that spring is there! The vernal...
NEW IMAGES YIELD CLUES TO SEASONS OF URANUS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/13/2008; 700+ words ; ...opportunity to observe the change of seasons on Uranus, a planet some 19 times farther from...the atmospheres of distant planets like Uranus, and they're gaining intriguing insight...discovered with the aid of a telescope, Uranus is characterized by a ring system and...
Trivia: Uranus (the planet).
Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX); 3/14/2006; 602 words ; Uranus was discovered by William Herschel in March 1781. See if you can get through this probe of Uranus without giggling. 1. Not surprisingly, Uranus has some gas. Which gas is the most prominent in its atmosphere...