Uranus Uranus A table with the aspects (opposition, conjunction to sun, etc.) of the planet Uranus from 2005 to 2020. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aspects of Uranus"
This list summarizes the planetary ring system of Uranus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rings of Uranus"
Uranus ( or ) is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gas giant, the third largest by diameter and fourth largest by mass. It is named after Uranus, the Greek god of the sky, and progenitor of the other gods. Its symbol is either ♅ ( Unicode U+2645, mostly astrological) or (mostly astronomical). ...more on Wikipedia about "Uranus"
An Uranus-crosser asteroid is an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Uranus. The known numbered Uranus-crossers are listed below. Most if not all are classified as Centaurs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Uranus-crosser asteroid"
The Voyager program consisted of a pair of unmanned scientific probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, launched in 1977. They were sent to study Jupiter and Saturn, using an advantageous planetary alignment of the late 1970s. However, the mission planners always had in the back of their minds a continued mission, and Voyager 2 also examined Uranus and Neptune. They were originally conceived as part of the Mariner program, being Mariner 11 and Mariner 12 respectively. The original program name was Mariner Jupiter-Saturn. It was later given the more appealing and romantic name "Voyager". ...more on Wikipedia about "Voyager program"
Sir Wilhelm Friedrich Herschel, FRS ( Hanover, November 15 1738 – August 25 1822 Slough, then in Buckinghamshire now in Berkshire) was a German-born British astronomer and composer who became famous for discovering the planet Uranus, and made many other astronomical discoveries. ...more on Wikipedia about "William Herschel"
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