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Interactive Uranus moons. 27 Uranian moons in a fun online educational game.
Sort the the moons of Uranus in correct order. Fun astronomy educational game to study the natural stellites of Uranus gas giant. Free online learning game suitable for online lessons and interactive classes. Drag and drop moons. "Uranus Moons" is a knowledge level game, about the natural satellites and space bodies going around the gas gian Uranus.
Drag and drop the moon pictures in correct order.
A small puzzle for desktop computers, laptops and tablets, which may be played in the web browser. The Astronomy Knowledge Board include 12 pictures of Uranian Satellites, 5 taken by Voyager 2 by Earth telescopes, and 7 artistic drawings of the bigger moons, to play with.
Uranus has 27 confirmed moons, sorted by closest to the planet in plain text:
1 Cordelia 40 km.
2 Ophelia 43 km.
3 Bianca 51 km.
4 Cressida 80 km.
5 Desdemona 64 km.
6 Juliet 94 km.
7 Portia 135 km.
8 Rosalind 72 km.
9 Cupid 18 km.
10 Belinda 90 km.
11 Perdita 30 km.
12 Puck 162 km.
13 Mab 25 km.
14 Miranda 471 km.
15 Ariel 1157 km.
16 Umbriel 1169 km.
17 Titania 1576 km.
18 Oberon 1522 km.
19 Francisco 22 km.
20 Caliban 72 km.
21 Stephano 32 km.
22 Trinculo 18 km.
23 Sycorax 165 km.
24 Margaret 20 km.
25 Prospero 50 km.
26 Setebos 48 km.
27 Ferdinand 20 km.
How to play Uranus Moons.
There are the 27 Uranus natural satellites going in numerical order from left to right. The biggest moons are removed from their places and put on the top of the screen, leaving just an outline where they should be. Drag and drop the moon pictures in correct place around the gas giant Uranus. In this version the moons will return in hand if dropped incorrectly. Sort all the moons to win the game.
Knowledge Achievements:
Know 5 major Uranian satellites.
Difficulty: Easy.
Winning the game rewards +1 Knowledge Level on Planeta 42.
Application Content:
This puzzle game, is a fun representation of the moons of Uranus. The planets goes in order and the biggest ones are removed from their places, so the player must place them where they belong. Uranus have 27 confirmed moons, most of them some small asteroid like objects. It is divided in 3 main regions, Inner moons, major moons and irregular moons.
1. The first and most close to Uranus moon is Cordelia, situated in the Inner moons region. It is approximate 40 kilometers big, and as much as the team can understand the data, it goes around Uranus for approximate 8 hours.
... the rest of the moons to explore are
2. Ophelia
3. Bianca
4. Cressida
5. Desdemona
6. Juliet
7. Portia
8. Rosalind
9. Cupid
10. Belinda
11. Perdita
12. Puck
13. Mab
14. Miranda
15. Ariel
16. Umbriel
17. Titania
18. Oberon
19. Francisco
20. Caliban
21. Stephano
22. Trinculo
23. Sycorax
24 Margaret
25 Prospero
26 Setebos
27 Ferdinand.
This fun educational class may answer some of the following questions:
Does Uranus have moons? - Yes.
How many moons does Uranus has? - 27 confirmed moons.
Which is the biggest satellite orbiting Uranus? - Titania, 1500 km.
For how many years does the most far moon go around Uranus one time? - 7 years.
Which are the 5 major Uranus moons?
When are the moons of Uranus discovered ?
Which is the closest object to Uranus?
Which is the most distant object in the Uranus small ring?
Where is Miranda situated by moon number?
Where is Ariel moon situated?
How many planet class satellites are there around Saturn?
