06. What does it look like? (A K2S Question)

From The Space Library

Uranus is a blue-green gaseous planet about four times bigger than Earth. The planet spins on its side like a wheel with its south pole always facing the Sun. It is unknown what, if anything, lies beneath the dense clouds that cover Uranus. It appears that Uranus' extreme axial tilt also results in extreme seasonal variations in its weather. During the Voyager 2 flyby, Uranus' banded cloud patterns were extremely bland and faint; however, recent Hubble Space Telescope observations show a more strongly banded appearance.

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Answer provided by Laura Peckyno & Robert Peckyno

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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