Uranus

<p style="color:#dbdbdb ;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #7f7f7f;">In our solar system, Uranus is basically the seventh planet from the Sun and the third largest planet, after Jupiter and Saturn. In composition, Uranus is similar to the planet Neptune. It was named after Ouranos – the embodiment of the heavens or also known as god of the sky. The planet was officially discovered in the year 1781 and was often referred to as an ‘ice giant’. Uranus was the first planet ever to be discovered by a telescope. The interior of the planet mainly comprises ices and rock. Uranus is also the coldest planet in our Solar system. Voyager 2 was the first and only space probe launched by NASA to have visited the outer giant planets-Uranus and Neptune. As of the year 2014, Uranus comprises 27 moons, which have been discovered orbiting the planet.</p>
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The Sun

<p style="color:#dbdbdb ;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #7f7f7f;">Can we imagine the entire Solar System on one side and the Sun on the other? Indeed yes, though the Sun is at the centre of the Solar System, it alone makes up around 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System. The Sun is so huge that about 1.3 million earths could fit inside it. From the earth, it may appear as a ball of fire, but there are various other components that make up the Sun. Because it is so large and is one of the hundred billion stars in our Galaxy, it has a strong gravity and the ability to hold on to many objects like planets, satellites, asteroids and meteors in its orbit. The Sun is called Sol by the Romans and Helios by the Greeks. It usually signifies male, youth and an individual’s ego. </p>
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Saturn

<p style="color:#dbdbdb ;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #7f7f7f;">In the clutter of the discovery of planets and their orbital characteristics been closely observed by many scientists and astronomers, there existed a planet which is sometimes visible in the sky as is the second largest planet after Jupiter. The sixth planet from the Sun, Saturn is observed as the brightest planet in the sky since the prehistoric times. Despite the fact that astrologically Saturn is associated with the principles of limitation, restrictions, boundaries, melancholy and practicality, it is the most beautiful planet seen in the night sky with its attractive rings and its ‘aurora’, that is, the curtain of lights that rise above the cloud tops and is sometimes seen at its poles. Of all our solar system’s planets, Saturn has the most spectacular ring system and is made up of seven rings with several gaps and divisions between them. Saturn orbits the Sun at a mean distance of 1,429,400,000 km and its equatorial diameter is 119,300 km. Saturn’s mass is around 5.68 x 10^26 kg. </p>
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