Looks at the history and discovery of the planet Uranus.

Describes Uranus's year, rotation, environment, moons, rings, and explains how scientists study the planet.

With temperatures dipping to -366 degrees Fahrenheit and the theory that there may be a layer of diamonds below its surface, Uranus will fascinate any student. This book offers a detailed look at the planet’s magnetic field, climate, composition, and possibilities for life. Full-color images make this a wonderful read and a handy reference tool for young adults. This revised edition of Uranus includes new information on the first discovery of the planet’s rings almost 200 years earlier than believed, the 2005 discovery of a pair of rings and two small satellites previously unknown, and recently observed large clouds and a dark spot on the planet’s surface. This revision also includes updated references to Pluto’s new status as a “dwarf planet,” having been demoted from full planethood.

Briefly describes the discovery, composition, planetary motion, moons, and efforts to study the planet Uranus.

Ben Bova, author of Earth, continues his exploration of the future of a human-settled Solar System with the science fiction action adventure Uranus, the first of his Outer Planets trilogy. On a privately financed orbital habitat above the planet Uranus, political idealism conflicts with pragmatic, and illegal, methods of financing. Add a scientist who has funding to launch a probe deep into Uranus‘s ocean depths to search for signs of life, and you have a three-way struggle for control. Humans can’t live on the gas giants, making instead a life in orbit. Kyle Umber, a religious idealist, has built Haven, a sanctuary above the distant planet Uranus. He invites ”the tired, the sick, the poor“ of Earth to his orbital retreat where men and women can find spiritual peace and refuge from the world. The billionaire who financed Haven, however, has his own designs: beyond the reach of the laws of the inner planets Haven could become the center for an interplanetary web of narcotics, prostitution, even hunting human prey. Meanwhile a scientist has gotten funding from the Inner Planets to drop remote probes into the “oceans” of Uranus, in search of life. He brings money and prestige, but he also brings journalists and government oversight to Haven. And they can’t have that. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The first atlas of Uranus and its satellites; based largely on NASA images obtained by the Voyager 2 mission in 1986.

Looks at the history and discovery of the planet Uranus.