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Uranus (mythology)
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... Read more |
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Uranus (astronomy)
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... Read more |
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Ariel
Ariel , in astronomy, one of the moons, or natural satellites, of Uranus .... Read more |
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Belinda
Belinda in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus .... Read more |
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Bianca
Bianca in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus .... Read more |
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Caliban
Caliban in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus .... Read more |
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cordelia
cordelia in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus .... Read more |
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Cressida
Cressida in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus .... Read more |
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Desdemona
Desdemona in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus .... Read more |
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Juliet
Juliet in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus .... Read more |
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Uranus
Uranus Seventh planet from the Sun, discovered (1781) by Sir William Herschel. Uranus is visible to the naked eye under good conditions...system and a retinue of satellites. Like Pluto, Uranus' axis of rotation is steeply inclined, and... |
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Titans
Titans The twelve Titans, children of Uranus (Heaven) and Gê (Earth), were the group of gods immediately...Titans or Giants are represented. In addition to the Titans, Uranus and Gê produced monstrous offspring: three beings each with... |
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Stalingrad, battle of
...from which they derived the basis for a counter-operation (URANUS, see Map 98). Opposite the Third Romanian Army and its neighbour...front's Fifty-First Army opposite the Fourth Romanian Army. URANUS, however, was vulnerable: because it had to wait until the... |
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giant planets
...ammonia, whereas the clouds are formed mostly of methane on Uranus and Neptune.In Jupiter and Saturn gaseous matter persists...central rocky core of several Earth-masses. Pressure within Uranus and Neptune is insufficient for metallic hydrogen to exist... |
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Herschel, Sir William
Herschel, Sir William (1738–1822) English astronomer, b. Germany. He discovered Uranus (1781) and later two satellites of Uranus (1787) and two of Saturn (1789). Herschel observed many double stars and more than 2000 nebulae... |
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Kuiper, Gerard Peter
Kuiper, Gerard Peter (1905–73) US astronomer, b. Netherlands. He discovered the satellites Miranda (of Uranus) in 1948 and Nereid (of Neptune) in 1949. He found methane in the atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune and Titan, and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Mars. |
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Voyager program
...program Space exploration project to study Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, using two unmanned craft. In 1977, the two...structure of the planet's rings. Voyager 2 went on to study Uranus in 1986, and Neptune in 1989. Both probes have now left the... |
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Herschel, William
Herschel, William (1738–1822). An astronomer, he added the planet Uranus to the list known since antiquity. He came to England from Hanover as a musician, and in 1766 became an organist in Bath. Taking... |
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Leverrier, Urbain Jean Joseph
...but it was never found. More successful was Leverrier's prediction, independently of John Couch Adams, that an unknown planet (Neptune) was responsible for discrepancies between the calculated and observed orbital motion of Uranus. |
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Titan
Titan In Greek mythology, one of 12 gods and goddesses who were the sons and daughters of Uranus and Gaia. They preceded the Olympians who, led by Zeus, overthrew them. |
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Uranus
Uranus (symbol ♅ or ) The seventh planet from...discovered telescopically by F. W.Herschel. Uranus is distinctly ellipsoidal in shape (equatorial...indicate that the core rotates in 17 h 14 m.Uranus has a thick atmosphere composed of 83 % hydrogen... |
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uranian satellites
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); ... |
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Miranda
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... |
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Caliban
Caliban A retrograde satellite of Uranus, sixteenth in order from the planet at a distance of 7 231 000 km; also known as Uranus XVI. It orbits every 579.7 days at an inclination of over 140° to Uranus' equator. Caliban has a diameter of... |
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Titania
Titania The largest satellite of Uranus, 1578 km in diameter; also known as Uranus III. It orbits in 8.706 days at a distance of...F. W.Herschel, soon after the discovery of Uranus itself. Titania has an icy surface with a non... |
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Cordelia
Cordelia The innermost known satellite of Uranus, distance 49 770 km, orbital period 0.335 days; also known as Uranus VI. Cordelia is 26 km in diameter, and was discovered in 1986 on images from Voyager 2. Cordelia and Ophelia are shepherd moons for the Epsilon ring of Uranus. |
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Ariel
Ariel The fourth-largest satellite of Uranus, 1158 km in average diameter; also known as Uranus I. Ariel orbits Uranus in 2.52 days at a distance of 190 900 km, keeping the same face towards the planet... |
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Oberon
Oberon The second-largest satellite of Uranus, diameter 1523 km; also known as Uranus IV. It orbits at a distance of 583 500 km every...W.Herschel, soon after the discovery of Uranus itself. The Voyager 2 flyby of 1986 showed... |
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Ophelia
Ophelia The second-closest satellite of Uranus, distance 53 790 km, orbital period 0.376 days; also known as Uranus VII. Its diameter is 30 km, and it was discovered...Cordelia are shepherd moons for the Epsilon ring of Uranus. |
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Prospero
Prospero A retrograde satellite of Uranus outermost but one disstance of 16 256 000 km; also known as Uranus XVIII. It obits every 1978.3 days at an inclination of 152° to Uranus' equator. Prospero has a diameter of about 30 km and was discovered... |
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...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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Uranus.
Uranus. JAY T. BERGSTRALH, ELLIS D. MINER...solar system. Although the discovery of Uranus created quite a stir at the time, the remoteness...and orbit, and a few other sparse facts. Uranus was believed, along with the other giant... |
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Focus on Uranus.(SCOPE ON SKIES)
...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... |
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Far out! Uranus is sure an odd ball
...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... |
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Voyage to a blue planet. (Uranus)
...spacecraft's late-January encounter with Uranus, they were presented in quick succession...after Voyager's closest approach to Uranus on 24 January--chief mission scientist...By that measure, or any other, the Uranus encounter was very successful indeed... |
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NASA: Huge spring storms rouse Uranus from winter hibernation.
...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... |
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Waiting for the word from Uranus. (Voyager 2 data)
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... |
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How 'oddball' Uranus ended up with its highly eccentric axis
Washington, Oct. 7 -- Uranus' highly tilted axis makes it an oddball...System. The accepted wisdom is that Uranus was knocked on its side by a single...has finally solved the mystery of how Uranus became so tilted. By using simulations... |
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Oh, to be on Uranus, now that spring is there!
...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... |
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NASA's Hubble Discovers New Rings & Moons Around Uranus.
...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... |
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Scientists baffled by Uranus data
...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... |
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