Ariel: Uranus Brightest Moon

From its discovery in the depths of space, to what makes it special in terms of composition, and more! Allow us to show you Ariel Uranus Brightest Moon.

10. The Discovery of Ariel
In terms of its finding, Ariel was discovered on October 24, 1851 by William Lassell, it is named for a sky spirit in an Alexander Pope's story and Shakespeare's The Tempest. Which is not too uncommon given the power that literature and mythology have in regards to naming things like this.
Both Ariel and the slightly larger Uranian satellite Umbriel were discovered by William Lassell on the same day believe it or not.
9. Its Surface
All of Uranus' larger moons, including Ariel, are thought to consist mostly of roughly equal amounts of water ice and silicate rock. Carbon dioxide has also been detected on Ariel. Which is important in helping determine various things about the moon itself.
8. Rotations and Orbits
Among Uranus's five major moons, Ariel is the second closest to the planet, orbiting at the distance of about 190,000 km, or over 118,000 miles.
7. Observation and Exploration
The only close-up images of Ariel were obtained by the Voyager 2 probe (one of the most important scientific tools in the history of the space program), which photographed the moon during its flyby of Uranus in January 1986.
6. Atmosphere
Despite there being carbon dioxide on the moon of Ariel in some capacity, there is no detectable atmosphere or magnetosphere that we can find.
5. Surface Temperature
Measurements have shown that Ariel's surface temperature rises and falls quickly with the coming and going of sunlight, without a "thermal inertia" lag. That supports the picture of a porous surface, which would tend to insulate the moon and keep the subsurface from heating up. This texture could be the result of eons of micrometeorite strikes tilling the soil.

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Credits: Ron Miller
Credits: Nasa/Shutterstock/Storyblocks/Elon Musk/SpaceX/ESA/ESO
Credits: Flickr

Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:19 Discovery
01:52 Surface
03:39 Rotations and Orbits
04:52 Observation and Exploration
06:58 Atmosphere
07:52 Surface Temperature
08:48 Seasons
09:52 Composition
12:02 Origin
13:03 Will We Go to Ariel?

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[flaviomulatojerkin]

Finally a video about a moon, I love the videos about the moons on our Solar System

[MG-erdm]

Okay, the brightest channel talking about Ariel, Uranus's brightest moon. This all makes perfect sense! 😉

[itarry]

Something that I'd imagine is quite "easy" by the standards of modern astronomy, like working out the weight of a celestial body is still amazing to me. Being able to even estimate the weight of something so far away, that you can basically only observe and not even take samples of seems crazy. I'm so glad that even things that are seen as fairly standard and simple these days are still amazing and wonder inspiring to me.

[JanLarson]

There are some very interesting moons in the Uranus system. Perhaps additional videos on the other four of the major Uranian moons?

[tonykoech]

Man I just love Uranus
Too good planets it’s better than Saturn and Jupiter and Neptune Earth and then Uranus😍😍

[brickx]

If I were to take a tourist trip to the Uranian System, I would go to Miranda.

[hxndxrsn]

Isane curiosity: *Makes this video*
Me not knowing how to do my science homework: (-)__(-)

[trijizvy]

I love this wonderful and interesting video very much❤❤❤❤❤❤Thousand times my favorite❤❤❤❤❤❤

[AmeliaDíaz-lk]

Gosh, how much more I wish an unmanned space probe bound to Ariel would discover for the very first time ever two new craters named Peter Pan and Tinkerbell and a large icy plain named Lacuna Sirenum, the Mermaid Lagoon!

[BarbaSimon]

I need more curious content Insane Curiosity. 😁

[PC-nfno]

From what we have seen of NASA Probes, they take decades of planning, construction, launch, travel, arrival, data monitoring and interpretation plus a Billion dollar price tag. It seems that every probe is specialized and not off the shelf. If something like Cassini was to be reproduced several times the cost would come down. Seems to me, that if there was a standard probe design, we could explore more often. The only time I have ever heard this being done was replicating the Mars Express with the Venus Express...ESA probes. The only recent data on Uranus and Neptune is from Earth observations. Step up the cadence!

[stevenpilling]

What is the surface gravity? Even more important, how dangerous are the radiation belts at Ariel's location?

[trijizvy]

Thousand times I love this very interesting and beautiful video❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[PicklingTheBeast]

Who the Hell decided to crash Cassini instead of re-routing her to Uranus and Ariel? Crashing Cassini was an opportunity lost. Now we have to start over from square one. It's that kind of short-sighted thinking that'll keep us Earthbound for the next thousand years. SMDH.

[TinMan_MyBeloved]

Why did I think of The Little Mermaid when I heard the name Ariel?

[karmapolice]

Damn, the music sounded like I just helped the disabled kid walk by the end of a Disney film.

[nevan]

Hey! Can you make a video with your predictions about what our civilization will be like at stage one, according to Kardashev's scale? It would be really cool

[trijizvy]

Ariel is 14th largest moon in the Solar's system with 1 155km in diameter, - and wonderful moon❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[fay.l.]

The center of aerial is ice of co2 much denser than on it's surface