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Uranus was named after a Greek god:planetfacts.org/planet-uranus-facts/ http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_god_is_Uranus_named_after
Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and is named after the Greek God of the sky in latin. It is the only planet whose name came from a figure in Greek mythology as opposed to Roman mythology. http://www.planetfacts.net/Uranus-Facts.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun I found it at nineplanets.org/uranus.htm and http://www.solarviews.com/eng/uranus.htm
Uranus is named after the Greek god of sky.Uranus was the husband of Gaia the godess of earth.
Like Venus, Uranus spins from east to west, which is opposite from the spin of Earth. http://planetfacts.org/planet-uranus-facts/ and http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Uranus&Display=OverviewLong
Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and is named after the Greek God of the sky in latin. It is the only planet whose name came from a figure in Greek mythology as opposed to Roman mythology.http://www.planetfacts.net/Uranus-Facts.and htmlFacts.html, http://en.wikepidia.org/wik/Uranus
Uranus is the 7th planet form the sun.
The 3rd largest planet the solar system and the 4th gas planet.
It was discovered by William Herschel, March 13th, 1781.
It takes 84 earth years to orbit the sun.
Uranus has 27 named moons they are named from Shakespeare and Pope’s work.
Uranus was named after a Greek God.
Uranus is known as the sideways planet, its axis is almost parallel to the ecliptic.
Uranus is composed of 83% percent hydrogen 15% helium 2% methane.
It takes Uranus 1 7.3 hours to turn on its axis.
It is supposed to fully revolve around the sun in 2033.
SOURCES
The Library of the Planets: by Luke Thompson
Our Solar System by: Seymour Simon
The Solar System Uranus by: Isaac Asimov
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/uranus.htm
http://www.space.com/45-uranus-seventh-planet-in-earth-solar-system-was-first-discovered-planet.htm
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/sceince/space/solar-system/uranus-article/
http://www.universetoday.com/18965/uranus-pictures/