CONTENTS NOT JUST ANOTHER STAR 4 UNIQUE URANUS 8 RINGS AROUND URANUS 12 MOVING AROUND THE SUN 14 SPINNING SIDEWAYS 16 MOONS 20 VOYAGER 2 EXPLORES URANUS 24 BACK TO THE ICE GIANTS 28 GLOSSARY 30 FOR MORE INFORMATION 31 INDEX 32
4 NOT JUST ANOTHER STAR At its brightest the planet Uranus is just barely visible to someone on Earth looking up at the night sky So ancient astronomers could see Uranus but they could not tell that it was a planet In contrast the planets Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter and Sat urn are easily seen shining in Earth’s night sky to someone who knows where and when to look Astronomers could tell that these bright objects were planets by the way they moved People on Earth can barely see Uranus marked in green above without using a telescope
Uranus
Learn the latest insights about Uranus from satellite images, explaining its features, conditions, rings, and moons.
