The exploration of Uranus has, to date, been through telescopes and a lone probe by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, which made its closest approach to Uranus...
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Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical...
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scientific instruments as part of the baseline concept. Atmosphere of Uranus Exploration of Uranus Moons of Uranus Uranus mission proposals MUSE Oceanus...
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August 2015). "Uranus, Neptune in NASA's sights for new robotic mission". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 7 September 2015. "Solar System Exploration" (PDF). Science...
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images were obtained of the Moons of Uranus, including evidence that Miranda had been unusually geologically active. The exploration of Neptune began with...
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Puck (moon) (redirect from Exploration of Puck)
sixth-largest moon of Uranus. It was discovered in December 1985 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. The name Puck follows the convention of naming Uranus's moons after...
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Uranus, the seventh planet of the Solar System, has 28 confirmed moons. The 27 with names are named after characters that appear in, or are mentioned...
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Enceladus Orbilander Exploration of Mercury Exploration of Venus Exploration of Mars Exploration of Jupiter Exploration of Uranus Exploration of Neptune Brown...
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further exploration of the Solar System. Exploration of Mercury Exploration of Venus Exploration of Mars Exploration of Saturn Exploration of Uranus Exploration...
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Mars Exploration of Ceres Exploration of Jupiter Exploration of Saturn Exploration of Uranus Exploration of Neptune Exploration of Pluto Solar System...
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Family Portrait (Voyager) (redirect from Portrait of the planets)
from left to right: Jupiter, Earth, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The Sun, also a point of light at this distance, is included in the image. Three...
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Exploration of Mars Mars landings Mars rovers Mars Rotorcrafts Mars flyby Exploration of Jupiter Exploration of Saturn Exploration of Uranus Exploration of Neptune...
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Miranda (moon) (redirect from Exploration of Miranda)
Miranda, also designated Uranus V, is the smallest and innermost of Uranus's five round satellites. It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on 16 February...
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Ariel (moon) (redirect from Exploration of Ariel)
fourth-largest moon of Uranus. Ariel orbits and rotates in the equatorial plane of Uranus, which is almost perpendicular to the orbit of Uranus, so the moon...
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Oberon (moon) (redirect from Exploration of Oberon)
/ˈoʊbərɒn/, also designated Uranus IV, is the outermost and second-largest major moon of the planet Uranus. It is the second-most massive of the Uranian moons,...
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The future of space exploration involves both telescopic and physical explorations of space by robotic spacecraft and human spaceflight. Near-term physical...
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Sun being Uranus Orbit of Uranus Orbit of Uranus Rotation of Uranus Atmosphere of Uranus Climate of Uranus Rings of Uranus Moons of Uranus Cordelia Ophelia...
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Titania (moon) (redirect from Exploration of Titania)
Titania (/təˈtɑːniə, təˈteɪniə/), also designated Uranus III, is the largest moon of Uranus. At a diameter of 1,578 kilometres (981 mi) it is the eighth largest...
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Umbriel (redirect from Exploration of Umbriel)
Umbriel (/ˈʌmbriəl/) is the third-largest moon of Uranus. It was discovered on October 24, 1851, by William Lassell at the same time as neighboring moon...
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measurements of the INMS. High-sensitivity Accelerometer – To be used in the atmospheric descent phase. Exploration of Neptune Exploration of Uranus Uranus mission...
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The rings of Uranus consists of 13 planetary rings. They are intermediate in complexity between the more extensive set around Saturn and the simpler systems...
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Neptune (redirect from The planet exterior to Uranus)
the mass of Earth. Compared to its fellow ice giant Uranus, Neptune is slightly more massive, but denser and smaller. Being composed primarily of gases and...
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Advanced Stirling radioisotope generator (redirect from Herschel Orbital Reconnaissance of the Uranian System)
Bibcode:2010LPI....41.2471S. A NEW FRONTIERS MISSION CONCEPT FOR THE EXPLORATION OF URANUS (PDF). 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Universities...
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provide more power. Atmosphere of Uranus Exploration of Uranus Moons of Uranus Uranus mission proposals MUSE Oceanus ODINUS Uranus orbiter and probe Schirber...
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flybys of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; extended mission to explore interstellar medium; first spacecraft to Uranus and Neptune Uranus Orbiter...
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and the Moon, the major planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, their satellites, as well as smaller bodies including comets...
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spacecraft also visiting Saturn. One spacecraft, Voyager 2, also visited Uranus and Neptune. The nine missions include two, Ulysses and New Horizons, whose...
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Cordelia (moon) (redirect from Uranus VI)
Cordelia is the innermost known moon of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on January 20, 1986, and was given the temporary...
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Ferdinand (moon) (redirect from Uranus XXIV)
Ferdinand is the outermost retrograde irregular satellite of Uranus. It was first seen near Uranus by Matthew J. Holman, John J. Kavelaars, Dan Milisavljevic...
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Francisco (moon) (redirect from Uranus XXII)
Francisco is the innermost irregular satellite of Uranus. Francisco was discovered by Matthew J. Holman, et al. and Brett J. Gladman, et al. in 2003 from...
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