Post by shadowdragon on Jul 2, 2015 4:57:02 GMT
Uranus 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 different bulk chemical composition from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. Therefore, astronomers increasingly place them in a separate category called "ice giants". Uranus's atmosphere, although similar to Jupiter's and Saturn's in its primary composition of hydrogen and helium, 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 (−224.2 °C), 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.
Uranus is the only planet whose name is derived from a figure from Greek mythology, from the Latinized version of the Greek god of the sky, Ouranos. Like the other giant planets, Uranus has a ring system, a magnetosphere, and numerous moons. The Uranian system has a unique configuration among those of the planets because its axis of rotation is tilted sideways, nearly into the plane of its revolution about the Sun. 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. The wind speeds on Uranus can reach 250 metres per second (900 km/h, 560 mph).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus
I give you the tilted planet and 6 of it's moons.
Uranus and Moons.kmz (19.84 KB)
This overlay set contains:
Low resolution overlay of Uranus
Image of Puck highlighting named features
High resolution overlay of Miranda
Medium resolution overlay of Ariel
High resolution overlay of Umbriel
Medium resolution overlay of Titania
Medium resolution overlay of Oberon
Named Features
7 images from NASA's Planetary Photojournal.
When I saw the new Google overlay was called "Voyager" I initially thought they finally added more planets considering how Voyager 2 probe visited the most of any spacecraft (Earth flybys not counting).
I am having delays with Titan in the Saturn Overlay so I decided to release Uranus and Neptune before it.
Unlike the gas giants Uranus and Neptune have less to offer overlay-wise because: they have less moons, only one spacecraft has flown by them, due to it's tilt Uranus and it's moons only show the same face towards the sun in their rotation for half the planet's orbit as was the case during Voyager 2. Processing of the nightside of Ariel and Titania faintly lit by Uranusshine have since uncovered additional areas of them.
Uranus is the only planet whose name is derived from a figure from Greek mythology, from the Latinized version of the Greek god of the sky, Ouranos. Like the other giant planets, Uranus has a ring system, a magnetosphere, and numerous moons. The Uranian system has a unique configuration among those of the planets because its axis of rotation is tilted sideways, nearly into the plane of its revolution about the Sun. 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. The wind speeds on Uranus can reach 250 metres per second (900 km/h, 560 mph).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus
I give you the tilted planet and 6 of it's moons.
Uranus and Moons.kmz (19.84 KB)
This overlay set contains:
Low resolution overlay of Uranus
Image of Puck highlighting named features
High resolution overlay of Miranda
Medium resolution overlay of Ariel
High resolution overlay of Umbriel
Medium resolution overlay of Titania
Medium resolution overlay of Oberon
Named Features
7 images from NASA's Planetary Photojournal.
When I saw the new Google overlay was called "Voyager" I initially thought they finally added more planets considering how Voyager 2 probe visited the most of any spacecraft (Earth flybys not counting).
I am having delays with Titan in the Saturn Overlay so I decided to release Uranus and Neptune before it.
Unlike the gas giants Uranus and Neptune have less to offer overlay-wise because: they have less moons, only one spacecraft has flown by them, due to it's tilt Uranus and it's moons only show the same face towards the sun in their rotation for half the planet's orbit as was the case during Voyager 2. Processing of the nightside of Ariel and Titania faintly lit by Uranusshine have since uncovered additional areas of them.
