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Astronomers have used telescope data to color-correct Voyager 2 images of Neptune and Uranus, revealing that the planets have a similar greenish blue hue.
The pronunciation of the name Uranus preferred among astronomers is / ˈ jʊər ə n ə s / YOOR-ə-nəs, [1] with the long "u" of English and stress on the first syllable as in Latin Uranus, in contrast to / j ʊ ˈ r eɪ n ə s / yoo-RAY-nəs, with stress on the second syllable and a long a, though both are considered acceptable.
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A telescope or strong binoculars will resolve Neptune as a small blue disk, similar in appearance to Uranus. [179] Because of the distance of Neptune from Earth, its angular diameter only ranges from 2.2 to 2.4 arcseconds, [8] [20] the smallest of the Solar System planets. Its small apparent size makes it challenging to study visually.
According to the IAU's explicit count, there are eight planets in the Solar System; four terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) and four giant planets, which can be divided further into two gas giants (Jupiter and Saturn) and two ice giants (Uranus and Neptune). When excluding the Sun, the four giant planets account for more than ...
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J, S, U and N denotes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Orbit classification of Kuiper belt objects. Some clusters that is subjected to orbital resonance are marked. The Kuiper belt is a great ring of debris similar to the asteroid belt, but consisting mainly of objects composed primarily of ice. [195] It extends between 30 and 50 AU from ...
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