Browse by Tags

Interesting Facts about Uranus
Monday, June 08, 2009 1:55 PM

rotates on its side, possibly due to a collision with another space object coldest planet in our system, can get down to -224 °C farthest planet that can be seen by the naked eye, but you need extremely dark skies and you have to know exactly where to look also has rings but they are dark and not easily seen rotates in the opposite direction as Earth only planet... Read More...

by Amaryllis Place | with no comments

Filed under: Interesting Facts, Uranus

Interesting Facts about the Outer Planets
Monday, May 11, 2009 3:57 PM

The outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Located outside of the asteroid belt. These planets are much larger than the inner planets and are called gas giants as they are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium. No solid surface. The hydrogen and helium are in gas form in the atmosphere and below that in a liquid state. Each has many moons... Read More...

by Amaryllis Place | with no comments

Filed under: Interesting Facts, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Outer Planets