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Uranus and Neptune Aims
- To introduce the planets Uranus and Neptune, and describe their orbits around the Sun, their axial tilts (very unusual in the case of Uranus), their sizes and their days.
- To describe the events leading to the discovery of the rings of Uranus, and to the discovery of the planet Neptune.
- To describe the atmospheres, cloud layers, weather, internal structure and magnetic fields of both planets.
- To describe the ring systems and major moons of Uranus and Neptune.
- To explain how the Voyager 2 spacecraft and the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed new information about Uranus and Neptune.
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