Dear MEL School’s
Topic Readers,
Uranus: Why we
should visit the most unloved planet
How much do you
now about this remote planet in our solar system? It orbits outside Saturn, almost
three billion km away from the Sun, 20 times further than the Earth. It is
massive, 60 times as large as Earth, being covered by gasses. It has 26 small
moons and a few faint rings. One interesting characteristics of this giant
planet is that unlike other planets, it rotates on an axis pointing at the Sun.
This means the half of the planet never gets sunlight for many years or
decades.
Is it worth
investing millions of budget to explore? Some scientists believe it is. But how
much it could cost and will take to get some feedback from such a bold mission?
Enjoy reading and
learning about this mysterious planet.
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