Uranus | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-25

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00:02:01 1 History
00:02:32 1.1 Discovery
00:06:28 1.2 Name
00:10:51 2 Orbit and rotation
00:12:29 2.1 Axial tilt
00:14:36 2.2 Visibility
00:15:45 3 Physical characteristics
00:15:55 3.1 Internal structure
00:19:50 3.1.1 Internal heat
00:21:38 3.2 Atmosphere
00:23:02 3.2.1 Composition
00:25:09 3.2.2 Troposphere
00:27:02 3.2.3 Upper atmosphere
00:30:32 3.3 Magnetosphere
00:34:08 4 Climate
00:34:56 4.1 Banded structure, winds and clouds
00:38:48 4.2 Seasonal variation
00:42:31 5 Formation
00:43:36 6 Moons
00:45:50 6.1 Planetary rings
00:48:45 7 Exploration
00:51:11 8 In culture
00:52:29 9 See also



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SUMMARY
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Uranus (from the Latin name "Ūranus" for the Greek god Οὐρανός) is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both have bulk chemical compositions which differ from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. For this reason, scientists often classify Uranus and Neptune as "ice giants" to distinguish them from the gas giants. Uranus' atmosphere is similar to Jupiter's and Saturn's in its primary composition of hydrogen and helium, but it contains more "ices" such as water, ammonia, and methane, along with traces of other hydrocarbons. It is the coldest planetary atmosphere in the Solar System, with a minimum temperature of 49 K (−224 °C; −371 °F), and has a complex, layered cloud structure with water thought to make up the lowest clouds and methane the uppermost layer of clouds. The interior of Uranus is mainly composed of ices and rock.Like the other giant planets, Uranus has a ring system, a magnetosphere, and numerous moons. The Uranian system has a unique configuration because its axis of rotation is tilted sideways, nearly into the plane of its solar orbit. Its north and south poles, therefore, lie where most other planets have their equators. In 1986, images from Voyager 2 showed Uranus as an almost featureless planet in visible light, without the cloud bands or storms associated with the other giant planets. Observations from Earth have shown seasonal change and increased weather activity as Uranus approached its equinox in 2007. Wind speeds can reach 250 metres per second (900 km/h; 560 mph).Uranus is the only planet whose name is derived directly from a figure from Greek mythology, from the Latinised version of the Greek god of the sky Ouranos.