Uranus
Uranus,The god of sky.In Greek mythology Uranus was the 1st & only god of sky,the son of Gaea, & and husband of Earth. He was also the king of the gods until he was overthrown by his son Saturn.In solar system,Uranus is the seventh plane from the sun.In size it is the third icy giant planet who orbit our sun about 84.02 Earth years in a distance of 1.783,939,400 miles (average). Uranus was the first planet to be discovered with the use of a telescope.It was discovered by William Herschel in March 13th in the year of 1781.Its surface temperature is -197 °C.The atmosphere of Uranus is composed mostly of Hydrogen and Helium with a small amount of Methane (H2, He and CH4). The minimum atmospheric temperature of Uranus is -224°C making it the coldest planet in the solar system. Uranus has 27 moons.Among them Tatiania,Oberon, Umbriel, Ariel and Miranda are the largest & Belinda, Bianca, Caliban, Cordelia, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Ophelia, Portia, Puck, and Rosalind are the smallest.Uranus also has rings, though they don't stretch out as far as the rings of Saturn. The rings of Uranus are made up of black dust particles and large rocks.
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