Missions to Uranus
| Mission |
Country |
Launch Date |
Arrival Date |
Type |
Encounter Characteristics |
|
| Voyager 2 |
USA |
August 20, 1977 |
January 24, 1986 |
Flyby |
7000 images of Uranus, its rings, and its satellites |
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Uranus is the tilted planet. Its spin axis, which defines the locations of its North and South Poles, is tilted almost 98° away from the "upright" direction perpendicular to its orbital plane. In other
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The major gaseous constituent of the atmosphere is methane. At the uppermost reaches of the atmosphere, near the thermosphere, methane gas breaks apart due to the influence of energetic photons or charged
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Motions in the atmosphere include wind. The major winds in the Uranian atmosphere are the zonal winds which consist of westward flowing zones and eastward flowing belts. The other major means of motion
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This is the temperature profile of Uranus' entire atmosphere. The horizontal lines indicate the boundaries between the troposphere, the stratosphere, the mesosphere, and the thermosphere.
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