The Discovery of Uranus

Here, I will write a little story about the discovery of Uranus (it's true).. Enjoy!

For some centuries, people knew only five Planets in this Solar-System, except for Earth --- Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. In 1781, there was a musician and amateur Astronomer named William Herschel. He was looking at the stars with a telescope, which he made himself, when he found a dim object. He saw it for years. Then, he thought, it must be a Planet. Uranus was like Jupiter and Saturn it has no solid Surface. It is made of hydrogen, helium and methane. Methane gives Uranus that blue-greenish colour. Before we come to what Mr. Herschel found out about the Planet’s Surface, I’ll tell you about the two Moons that he discovered. There are two types of Moons for that Planet. There are Icy Moons and Small Moons. I’ll tell you only about one Moon that he discovered. Well he didn’t really discovere it. It was G. Kuiper who discovered Miranda. I don’t know the two Moons that Mr. Herschel discovered. The Moon I am going to tell you about is called Miranda. Miranda is the smallest Moon of that Planet. It belongs to the Icy Moons group. It has ice cliffs that is 12 miles high and 300 miles across. Miranda looks like as if it has been broken in the past, and put itself together again. It has left very strange and unusual patterns. Now it’s the Planet’s Surface turn. As you go deeper to the Planet’s Surface, you’ll see that there is only water. I don’t know why the water is not frozen. As you go deeper in that great, big ocean it gets warmer. If you get near the center of the Planet it is very hot. Hotter than boiling water.