The word Uranus is used to define the seventh planet in the solar system. Its name honors the Greek deity Uranus who is the personifying God of heaven. The planet Uranus can be located with the naked eye, however it was not classified as a planet by astronomers during ancient times since they considered that it was not bright enough and its orbit was very slow. However, the astronomer William Herschel announced his discovery on March 13, 1781. Besides being the first planet to be discovered through a telescope. In terms of size, Uranus is the third largest and the fourth strongest.
The atmosphere of Uranus is similar to that of Jupiter and Saturn since it is essentially composed of hydrogen and helium, in addition to including water, ammonia and methane and some traces of hydrocarbon. Its planetary atmosphere is the coldest in the solar system, having a temperature of -224ºC. It also contains a very complicated cloud formation adjusted by levels, the lowest level being clouds composed of water and the highest of methane.. Uranus in its interior is composed of ice and rocks.
Like the other giant planets (Jupiter and Saturn), Uranus has a ring structure, a magnetosphere, and several satellites. The shreds that make up the rings are extremely dark and their sizes range from micrometres to fractions of a meter, Uranus currently has 13 rings.
Uranus has 27 known natural satellites, the names of these satellites were chosen in tribute to the characters of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope, of these 27 only five are the main ones: Ariel, Umbriel, Miranda, Titania and Oberón. Titania comes to be (of the five) the one that occupies the eighth position in size within the solar system. All these satellites are composed of frozen rock (50% rock and 50% ice approx.) The ice can carry ammonia and carbon dioxide inside.
On the other hand, Uranus was the name given to a military operation carried out by the Soviet Union, during the Second World War.
