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Let’s take a trip into the big, black sky (of knowledge!) and learn a bit more about one of the mysterious, unfortunately-named planets in our solar system: Uranus!
According to NASA at the time of this publication, there are N planets in our solar system. Uranus is the I th planet.
N = _____ * 2 - 2
I = _____ + 2
William Herschel discovered Uranus on March M, 1781. What he was doing looking there, no one knows.
M = _____
An Earth day is 24 hours. A Uranus day is R hours. It sure could take a long time to explore Uranus...
R = _____ + 0.76
It takes Uranus about U Earth years to make one rotation around the sun. Good thing Uranus likes to hang out in the dark!
U= _____ / 4
The only spacecraft that has visited Uranus is Voyager G. That happened in the year S. ...what a voyage that must have been!
G = _____ + 5
S = _____ - 1967
Uranus has Z moons. (Earth only has A moon). It's fitting that Uranus is so moony, eh?
Z = _____ - 1
A = _____
Congrats, you've dug deep and learned a lot about Uranus! Finally, fill in the corresponding letters below to solve the puzzle.
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14 |
21 |
19 |
9 |
19 |
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13 |
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26 |
9 |
14 |
7 |
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ybbx vagb Henahf.
Yvxr, erfrnepu vg gb svaq gur vasbezngvba sbe gur chmmyr.