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Uranus ([ˈjʊərənəs] (help·info) or [jʊˈreɪnəs] (help·info)) is the seventh planet from the Sun an the third-largest and fourth-most massive planet in the solar system. It is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky (Uranus, Οὐρανός), the father of Kronos (Saturn) and grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter). Uranus was the first planet discovered in modern times. Though it is visible to the naked eye like the five classical planets, it was never recognized as a planet by ancient observers due to its dimness and slow orbit. Sir William Herschel announced its discovery on March 13, 1781, expanding the known boundaries of the solar system for the first time in modern history. This was also the first discovery of a planet made using a telescope.

Trivia about uranus

  • Most of this planet's moons are named for Shakespearean characters
  • It's the 7th rock from the sun
  • One of the planets:"RNS"
  • Over 14 times the mass of the Earth, this planet is seventh from the sun
  • This seventh planet from the Sun was the first to be discovered by telescope
  • This outer planet discovered by Herschel has a 98-degree axial tilt & solstices 42 years apart
  • Johann Bode proposed the name of a mythological father for this planet
  • The seventh planet from the Sun
  • In 2000 its rings were seen for the first time by a telescope on Earth, the new Keck II in Hawaii
  • Cordelia, Ophelia & Bianca are its 3 closest moons
  • Mars, Jupiter, Saturn...
  • A heavenly body:"RNS"
  • It was the first planet discovered with a telescope
  • Looks like we've got a green light, folks -- oops, it's just the clouds of methane around this third-largest planet
  • A list of this planet's moons, including Oberon & Titania, reads like a who's who of Shakespeare
  • William Herschel used a Newtonian telescope to discover this planet & its moons Oberon & Titania
  • This planet was named for the father of Saturn & the grandfather of Jupiter
  • Miranda, a moon of this planet, was the 1st not named after a god or spirit
  • More than 25 moons are circling it
  • Astronomer William Herschel wanted to call the seventh planet Georgium Sidus, or Georges Star
  • This remote planet orbits the sun at a 98 degree axis, almost lying on its side
  • This Greek god was the father of the Titans
  • A large amount of methane in this 7th planet's atmosphere causes it to appear bluish-green
  • On March 10, 1977 astronomers discovered this 7th planet from the sun also had rings
  • It's the third-largest planet in our solar system
  • Voyager II flew by this planet January 24, 1986, 205 years after its discovery
  • Husband to Gaea & father of the Titans
  • It was the first to be discovered with the aid of the telescope
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  • In 1781 it became the first planet discovered in modern times
  • A Greek God inspired the name of this planet, the farthest that can be seen without a telescope
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands behind a large metal cylinder in the Adler Plantarium in Chicago.) This telescope was made by William Herschel and may be the actual one he used to discover this planet in 1781

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