how has uranus been explored
A colour photograph of Uranus, taken by Voyager 2 in 1986 as it headed towards the planet Neptune. The exploration of Uranus has, to date, been solely through telescopes and NASA 's Voyager 2 spacecraft, which made its closest approach to Uranus on January 24, 1986.Voyager 2 discovered 10 moons, studied the planet's cold atmosphere, and examined its ring system, discovering two new rings.he Uranian moon Miranda, imaged by Voyager 2. Uranus is the third-largest planet in the Solar System. It orbits the Sun at a distance of about 2.8 billion kilometers (1.7 billion miles) and completes one orbit every 84 years. The length of a day on Uranus as measured by Voyager 2 is 17 hours and 14 minutes.