Space giant Uranus is the planet of secrets and mysteries

The Exploration of outer space is constantly moving forward. Today organized lots of expeditions, whose purpose is to study nearby planets, asteroids and comets. Does not remain aloof and Uranium. The planet is removed to a considerable distance from the Earth, rotates on an elongated elliptical orbit. One revolution around the Sun takes as much as 84 earth years. Interesting is the fact that since its discovery in 1781, Uranus was no more than three years.

This cosmic giant is fraught with many interesting and mysterious secrets. For example, the axis of rotation is markedly different from the other axes of the planets of the Solar system. So Uranus is the planet that rotates “lying on your side”. Scientists attribute this feature to the fact that its Equatorial plane is at an angle of 98 degrees relative to the orbit. If you compare that Uranium is similar to a ball rolling in a circle, while the rest of the world are more reminiscent of a rotation of a spinning top or whirligig.

Uranium is included in the group of planets-giants. He is at the third place in size behind, of course, Jupiter and Saturn. It is worth while to note that Uranus is a planet 15 times the diameter of our native Land. The discovery of his system of rings has become a sensation in the world of science. A total of 11, they are narrow, dense and removed from each other to a considerable distance. These belts consist of rocks, so their color is jet black. Prior to this it was believed that the only planet (6th from the Sun) Saturn has a ring system.

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After the automatic space probe «Voyager -2” has been studied the planet Uranus, photo, delivered to them, has led to the conclusion that initially the space giant was formed of solid blocks of stone and ice. It is understood that under the ice is meant not only water, but also many other chemical substances. It was also found that unlike Saturn and Jupiter, the atmosphere that consists of hydrogen and helium, the air mass of Uranium also contain large quantities of acetylene and methane. In the Central latitudes of the planet raging wind, which sends clouds of these gases like the earth, its speed reaches 160 MS. The blue color of Uranus – it is a result of the methane absorbing red solar radiation in the upper parts of the atmosphere.

There is another feature that characterizes Uranium. The planet was surrounded by four magnetic poles. With Uranium's built system consisting of satellites and rings. It looks approximately so. In the inner part of the asteroid belt are 12 small satellites, followed by top 5 and on the outer side of the rings 9 is still a small space objects. Small satellites have a dark surface reflects only 6-7% of the light that enters them. 17 satellites closest to the planet giant, moving within its magnetic field. They never leave its limits. This phenomenon is still being studied. But it became clear that the structure of magnetic sphere of Uranium much more complex than that of the Earth, because the satellites have additional and quite certain influence.