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To: BenLurkin

Uranus is often referred to as an “ice giant” planet: Like the other gas giants, it has a hydrogen upper layer, which has helium mixed in. Below that is an icy “mantle, which surrounds a rock and ice core.

http://space-facts.com/uranus/


19 posted on 08/06/2016 8:55:09 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is now on twitter @SarahMGellar -- Yes, she supports HRC :()
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To: SMGFan
Uranus is often referred to as an “ice giant” planet: Like the other gas giants, it has a hydrogen upper layer, which has helium mixed in. Below that is an icy “mantle, which surrounds a rock and ice core.

But where does all that methane come from?

36 posted on 08/06/2016 9:37:27 AM PDT by seawolf101
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