Astronomy:Outline of Uranus

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Short description: Overview of and topical guide to Uranus

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Uranus:

Uranus – seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both have different bulk chemical composition from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. For this reason, scientists often classify Uranus and Neptune as "ice giants" to distinguish them from the gas giants. Uranus's atmosphere is similar to Jupiter's and Saturn's in its primary composition of hydrogen and helium, but it contains more "ices" such as water, ammonia, and methane, along with traces of other hydrocarbons. It is the coldest planetary atmosphere in the Solar System, with a minimum temperature of 49 K (−224.2 °C), and has a complex, layered cloud structure with water thought to make up the lowest clouds and methane the uppermost layer of clouds. The interior of Uranus is mainly composed of ice and rock.

Classification of Uranus

Location of Uranus

  • Milky Way Galaxy – barred spiral galaxy
    • Orion Arm – a spiral arm of the Milky Way
      • Solar System – the Sun and the objects that orbit it, including 8 planets, the seventh and second-furthest planet from the Sun being Uranus
        • Orbit of Uranus

Movement of Uranus

  • Orbit of Uranus
  • Rotation of Uranus

Features of Uranus

Natural satellites of Uranus

Inner moons of Uranus

Large moons of Uranus

Irregular moons of Uranus

History of Uranus

History of Uranus

Exploration of Uranus

Exploration of Uranus

Flyby missions to explore Uranus

Future of Uranus exploration

Proposed missions to explore Uranus

  • Uranus orbiter and probe

See also

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