The Surface of Uranus

[TheBlackHole]

Uranus, as you may know, is believed to be covered in a planetwide ocean.

[dandelO]

Is this a metaphor for my arse being the size of a continent or something? I'm a slender gentleman, I'll have you know!

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[Zairyn Arsyn]

 
LOL.

[Cyber-Angel]

Uranus, as you may know, is believed to be covered in a planetwide ocean.

Sorry too shoot you down unless this is a joke and I don't think you posted as such, however the Planet Uranus is known to be of a class of Planet called a Gas Giant and there is no such theory that there is a planet scale ocean there. Given that is orbits the sun a distance of about 1.78 billion miles (2.87 billion kilometers) this distance is too far too sustain an ocean.

While its true that Uranus in its atmospheric composition dose contain trace amounts of water vapor detected I believe using the technique of heavy iron spectroscopy there is not enough volume too sustain an ocean. It should also be pointed out that like the other two Gas giants in our solar system Jupiter and Saturn  and more over gas giant class plant is that they have no solid surface and there axial rotations are slower meaning that an ocean could not be maintained even if they wanted one.

I think also that you have confused your self a little, there is a Moon of the Planet Jupiter called Europa that is beveled too have an ocean under its ice though this as yet is unproven but there is strong anecdotal evidence such as the absence of impact craters on its surface. Just clearing up some misconceptions. 

Regards to you.

Cyber-Angel                       

[jay88]

On terrestrial planets (such as Earth) the surface (whether ocean or land) is always clearly distinct from the atmosphere. On gas giants such as Uranus, this is not the case: they have a gradient density surface. This means that as you approach their upper atmosphere, you encounter gas which gets progressively thicker as you go deeper, until you're in a fog so dense it is practically a liquid. And from there the liquid gets thicker, like a thickshake I guess, until the pressure crushes your spacecraft. At no point could you say "I'm on the surface".

So liquid, maybe; ocean, no.

[benny]

So you're saying Uranus isn't really a planet.. More a giant ball of gas?

[Seth]

Uranus is one of the 4 gas giants, or planets whose gas composes the majority of its mass.
The surface composed of rock and ice is surrounded by an atmosphere of hydrogen, helium and methane. So the NASA says (Voyager 2)...
so jay88, it seems it is possible to say, at one point, "I'm on the surface" ^^

[matrix2003]

Uranus, as you may know, is believed to be covered in a planetwide ocean.

And as we all know, the earth IS FLAT:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society

[glen5700]

A nice description-

Glen

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/aprilholladay/2007-06-25-jupiter-grapefruit_N.htm

[littlecannon]

Apparently.... and I don't know where I heard this, but according to some reliable sources, the Moon is made of cheese.
cheers, Simon.

P.S. this is image sharing... where's the image?

[Henry Blewer]

"Who are you Sir Knight who knows so well the ways of science?"

[Jack]

I think your meaning neptune has an ocean i dont think uranus does neptune may have a planet scale ocean as its core is mass az hot personally I think thats bullshit I dont even thing gas or ice giants have solid rocky cores i think its more of a super solid gas due to the massive pressure of the atmosphere and gravity

wherez the render anyway?

[CCC]

Neptune has a hot core of come type. I think this was a recent discovery and why the clouds move at such high velocities as the heat creates convection which in turn causes high and low pressure systems to form.

[pfrancke]

and it came to pass that after many many years the clouds parted and for a brief moment, the sun shined where it never was intended to shine.

[matrix2003]

Wait for it  ....... Is this Uranus ?