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Uranus and Neptune are the farthest planets in our Solar System from the Sun. They get the fewest rays from the Sun and are therefore the coldest.
Do you think Uranus or Neptune has rings?
Actually both Uranus and Neptune have rings! Uranus has about bright rings and a few thin dark ones. Neptune has just a few dark rings.
There are some very interesting things that are unique to Uranus.
Can you guess what they are?
Some people think Uranus might have tilted vertical when a mass, maybe the size of Earth, shot into it.
It is true that Uranus is the coldest planet.
Uranus sometimes does cross paths with Neptune. They have not and will not collide though, because their paths are - dimensional ellipses, and they never actually meet.
Uranus was the first planet to be seen with a telescope.
Neptune is also very special.
Which of these answers below do you think is really true?
Neptune has a spot similar to Jupiter's Great Red Spot called the Great Dark Spot and it is a storm about the size of Earth.
Since Neptune is so far away from Earth, only one spacecraft has flown past it, Voyager .
Neptune is blue because of the methane in its atmosphere. This is the same reason why Uranus is blue.
Uranus and Neptune are commonly referred to as the