Uranus
['juərənəs]
Definition
(noun.) a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites; 'Uranus was discovered by William Herschel in 1781'.
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Definition
(n.) The son or husband of Gaia (Earth), and father of Chronos (Time) and the Titans.
(n.) One of the primary planets. It is about 1,800,000,000 miles from the sun, about 36,000 miles in diameter, and its period of revolution round the sun is nearly 84 of our years.
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n. the name of one of the primary planets.
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Examples
- Adams started with the assumptions, not im probable, that the orbit of the unknown planet was a circle, and that its distance from the sun was tw ice that of Uranus. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- After that event Bode suggested that it was possible other astronomers had observed Uranus before, without recognizing it as a planet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The error of Uranus still amounted to less than two minutes. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Leverrier at the request of Arago had undertaken to investigate the irregularities in th e tables of Uranus. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He had submitted to rigorous examination the data in reference to the disturbing influence of Jupiter and of Saturn on the orbit of Uranus. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In 1779 Herschel built his reflecting telescope, and in March, 1781, he discovered the planet Uranus. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was found that Flamsteed had made, in 1690, the first observation of the heavenly body now called Uranus. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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