Uranus’ north and south poles stick out at the sides.

This planet was discovered by home schoolers!

Uranus has two sets of rings.

Uranus’ thick atmosphere makes it a very hot planet.

Uranus takes 84 earth years to orbit the sun.

Uranus has only 5 moons.

Uranus was discovered in 1781 and was the first planet to be discovered in many years.

Uranus has a lot of _______ in its atmosphere, which is what gives it its blue color.

A ______ astronomer named Johann Elert Bode decided that the newly discovered planet should be called Uranus.

Uranus’ unusual rotation causes it to face the ____ direction all the time, meaning that the poles get direct sun the entire time when it is their summer season.

Each day on Uranus is short: about 5 hours long

William and Caroline Herschel were successful portrait artists before they became famous astronomists.

When hot water evaporates, it turns into a gas which we call water _____.

What is unusual about Uranus’ rotation?

Uranus has many moons, and these moons are all named after:

On which planet does the sun NOT rise in the west and set in the east?

What space objects are named in honor of the Hershels’ contributions to astronomy?

Who discovered Uranus?

Uranus’ largest moon is _____; it has enormous canyons.

. Uranus has an atmosphere made of _______ and ____, just like Saturn and Jupiter, though it also has , which affects its color.

We have close up pictures of Uranus’ moons taken by the ____ spacecraft

Uranus’ ___ orbit vertically rather than around the middle like those of Saturn

Uranus has at least 27 ____ that we know about.