SPACETWINNING Solar System ebook | Page 19

SPACETWINNING, eTwinning project 7. URANUS Uranus – the seventh in order from the Sun of the Solar System planet. It is also the third largest planet in terms of its size and fourth in our system. Uranus is a very cold greenblue planet with white ring. Uranus has got -215°C. The name of the planet comes from Uranos, who was the god and personification of heaven in Greek mythology, father of Kronos (Saturn) and grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter). Like other giant planets, Uranus has a ring system,Uranus performs one lap of the Sun in 84 years. Uranium mass is 14.5 times greater than Earth's mass. Uranium has thin, weakly visible rings. Uranus is about 3 billion kilometers from the Sun. URAN 19