Uranus, saturn and neptune

Cards (12)

  • SATURN
    The sixth planet, orbits at about 1.4 billion kilometers from the Sun, takes about 10.7 hours to rotate on its axis once, takes 29 Earth years to orbit the sun
  • SATURN
    • Atmosphere is hydrogen (H.) and helium (He)
    • Has 83 moons, 63 known moons with an additional 20 moons awaiting confirmation
    • Has the most spectacular ring system, with seven rings and several gaps and divisions between them
    • Few missions have visited: Pioneer 11 and Voyagers 1 and 2 flew by, Cassini orbited Saturn 294 times from 2004 to 2017
  • URANUS
    The seventh planet from the Sun, has the third-largest diameter in our solar system, was discovered in 1781 by astronomer William Herschel, orbits our Sun at about 2.9 billion kilometers, takes about 17 hours to rotate once, takes about 84 Earth years to orbit the Sun
  • URANUS
    • Is an ice giant, most of its mass is a hot, dense fluid of "icy" materials water, methane, and ammonia above a small rocky core
    • Atmosphere is molecular hydrogen and atomic helium, with a small amount of methane
    • Has 27 known moons, named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope
    • Has 13 known rings, the inner rings are narrow and dark, the outer rings are brightly colored
    • Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to fly by Uranus
    • Rotates east to west on its side
  • NEPTUNE
    The eighth planet, orbits our Sun at about 4.5 billion kilometers, takes about 16 hours to rotate once, takes about 165 Earth years to orbit the sun
  • NEPTUNE
    • Atmosphere is molecular hydrogen, atomic helium, and methane
    • Has 14 known moons which are named after sea gods and nymphs in Greek mythology
    • Has at least five main rings and four more ring arcs
    • Was the first planet located through mathematical calculations
    • Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have visited Neptune
  • the temperature at the top of uranus' clouds is -210 degrees celsius
  • Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun.
  • Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun.
  • Two spacecraft missions in Saturn
    Pioner 11, Voyagers 1 and 2
  • The names of the moons of Uranus were named after the works of?
    William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope
  • The moons from the Neptune named after the?
    Sea of gods and nymphs