Planets:Uranus

I'll write an article about Uranus before I write about Miyajima! Do you know Uranus? I think it is the most minor planet in the solar system. Don't you think so?




Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and the third largest planet. When you look Uranus, you may think that Uranus is a flat planet. I think it may be true. Uranus is a ice giant planet and its composition is similar to Neptune's. And they are also similar to Jupiter and Saturn in chemical composition. But, while Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune have features on own surfaces, Uranus looks like that it has no feature. But if you look infrared images, your thinking may be changed.


↑This is an infrared image of  Uranus.


As you see, Uranus has its ring. I think many people don't know this fact. Its ring is the second finest ring in the solar system. And in above image, you can find some satellites. Uranus has 27 satellites. Among them, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon are famous and they are called "the five main satellites of Uranus." I like the five main satellites. They have own features and I write an research paper about them in English class. Maybe I'll write an article about the five main satellites of Uranus!

The strangest feature of Uranus is the slope of rotating shaft. It slopes about 97 degrees. It is thought that the reason of the slope of rotating shaft is collide of a object collided with Uranus.

Can you get some information about Uranus? If you want to know more, please ask me!