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<span class="bold large">Uran.us</span> <span class="medium">|ˈyoŏrənəs; yoŏˈrā-|</span><br/>
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<p class="paragraph"><span class="bold">1</span> <span class="sans">Greek Mythology</span> a personification of heaven or the sky, the most ancient of the Greek gods and first ruler of the universe. He was overthrown and castrated by his son <a href="#cronus">Cronus</a>.</p><br/>
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<p class="paragraph"><span class="bold">2</span> <span class="sans">Astronomy</span> a distant planet of the solar system, seventh in order from the sun, discovered by William Herschel in 1781.</p><br/>
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<p>Uranus orbits between Jupiter and Neptune at an average distance of 2,870 million km from the sun. It has an equatorial diameter of 50,800 km, and is one of the gas giants. The planet is bluish-green in color, having an upper atmosphere consisting almost entirely of hydrogen and helium. There are at least seventeen satellites, the largest of which are Oberon and Titania, and a faint ring system.</p><br/> |