Uranus

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Uranus : the planet seventh in order from the sun — Merriam-Webster See also OneLook

Encyclopedia

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. Its name is a reference to the Greek god of the sky, Uranus, who, according to Greek mythology, was the great-grandfather of Ares (Mars), grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter) and father of Cronus (Saturn). It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both have bulk chemical compositions which differ from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. For this reason, scientists often classify Uranus and Neptune as “ice giants” to distinguish them from the other giant planets. — Wikipedia

Uranus (Encyclopædia Britannica)
Uranus (COSMOS: The SAO Encyclopedia of Astronomy)

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Inspiration

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Home Run Pictures (YouTube Channel)
Home Run Pictures (Official Website)

NASA’s Eyes is a freely available suite of computer visualization applications created by the Visualization Technology Applications and Development Team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to render scientifically accurate views of the planets studied by JPL missions and the spacecraft used in that study. — Wikipedia

Uranus (NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System, NASA’s JPL & Cal Tech)

Uranus Helium 3 Ram Scoop (Home Run Pictures & NASA, YouTube 360° Video)

Uranus (Astrum, YouTube Playlist)

Articles about Uranus (Big Think)

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Innovation

Science

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has taken a stunning image of the Solar System’s other ice giant, the planet Uranus. The new image features dramatic rings as well as bright features in the planet’s atmosphere. The new Webb data of Uranus offer exquisite sensitivity, revealing the faintest dusty rings. — HubbleWebbESA

HubbleWebbESA (YouTube Channel)
ESA Hubble (Official Website)

Uranus (NASA Science)

Uranus Videos (ViewSpace, Space Telescope Science Institute)

Uranus, The Sideways Planet (Planetary Society)

Uranus (Eric Weisstein’s World of Astronomy, Wolfram Research)
Uranus (Wolfram Alpha)

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Preservation

History

William Herschel observed Uranus on 13 March 1781 from the garden of his house at 19 New King Street in Bath, Somerset, England (now the Herschel Museum of Astronomy), and initially reported it (on 26 April 1781) as a comet. With a homemade 6.2-inch reflecting telescope, Herschel engaged in a series of observations on the parallax of the fixed stars. — Wikipedia

The Discovery of Uranus (Objectivity, YouTube Video)
The Discovery of Uranus (The History Guy, YouTube Video)
Astronomer William Herschel Identifies Uranus as the Seventh Planet (John Uri, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Uranus: The First Planet Discovered with a Telescope (Science Museum)
Sir William Herschel and the Discovery of Uranus (Tabea Tietz, SciHi Blog)
William Herschel (Encyclopædia Britannica)
William Herschel (Wikipedia)

Voyager Program is an American scientific program that employs two robotic interstellar probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. They were launched in 1977 to take advantage of a favorable alignment of Jupiter and Saturn, to fly near them while collecting data for transmission back to Earth. — Wikipedia

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (YouTube Channel)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Official Website)

Voyager 2 Explores Uranus (John Uri, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Voyager 2 (NASA Science)

Voyager Mission (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, YouTube Playlist)
Voyager Mission (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Voyager 2 and the Grand Tour (The History Guy, YouTube Video)
The Voyager Spacecraft’s 40 Year Journey (The New York Times, YouTube Video)
The Story of the Voyager Expedition (The New Yorker, YouTube Video)

Voyager Mission (Planetary Society)
Voyager Program (Wikipedia)

Uranus: Exploration (NASA Science)

Library

DDC: 523.47 Uranus (Library Thing)
Subject: Uranus (Library Thing)

Subject: Uranus (Open Library)

LCC: QB 681 Uranus (Library of Congress)
Subject: Uranus (Library of Congress)

Subject: Uranus (WorldCat)

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Participation

Education

NASAJPL Edu (YouTube Channel)
NASA JPL Edu (Official Website)

Uranus – Level 1 (StarChild, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA)
Uranus – Level 2 (StarChild, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA)

All About Uranus (Space Place, NASA)
Uranus (Cosmos4Kids)

Uranus & Neptune (CrashCourse Astronomy, YouTube Video)

MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources

Community

Organization

Saturn, Uranus & Neptune Section (British Astronomical Association)

News

Uranus (Nova Research Highlights, American Astronomical Society)
Uranus (EurekaAlert, AAAS)
Uranus (JSTOR)
Uranus (Astronomy Magazine)
Uranus (Science Daily)
Uranus (Phys.org)

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