Lecture 22: Uranus, Neptune and Pluto- Even Colder than Minnesota

...its cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere, I'm all alone, more or less...
Red Dwarf, the BBC TV Series

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Date: November 29, 1994
Reading Assignment: pp. 329-347

Description : Discussion of the outer planets and moons of the solar system.

Objectives

Be able to describe who discovered Uranus and why it was not know by the ancients.

Be able to describe the rotation and magnetic field of Uranus.

Be able to describe the rings of Uranus and who they were first discovered.

Be able to discuss the composition of Uranus and Neptune.

Be able to describe the rotation rates of Uranus and Neptune.

Be able to discuss the Moon Miranda.

Be able to discuss how the planet Neptune was discovered.

Be able to discuss how the planet Pluto was discovered.

Be able to discuss how Pluto seems more like moon than a planet.