Sunny side heads up.
"Rare Uranian U`ra´ni`an
a. 1. (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus; as, the Uranian year s>. eclipse" (SN: 9/9/06, p. 166) tells us, "Because the moons of Uranus Uranus has twenty-seven known moons. The first two moons (Titania and Oberon) were discovered by William Herschel on March 13, 1787. Two more moons (Ariel and Umbriel) were discovered by William Lassell in 1851. orbit at the planet's equator, the sun seldom illuminates them directly." I think what you mean is that the moons seldom pass directly between Uranus Uranus, in astronomy
Uranus (y rā`nəs, y and the sun. But surely the sun still illuminates them, even when they're not casting shadows on the planet.
GREGORY KUSNICK, SEATTLE, WASH.
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