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Ultraviolet (UV):
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Electromagnetic radiation with shorter wavelengths
and senior energies and frequencies than evident
light. UV light is inferior in frequency than
X-rays.
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Universe:
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The totality of space and time, along with
all the matter and energy in it. Current theories
assert that the universe is expanding and
that all its matter and energy was created
during the Big Bang.
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Uranus:
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The third biggest planet in the solar system
and the seventh from the Sun. Uranus is 19
times the Earth’s space from the Sun
and completes a circuit approximately the
Sun in about 84 Earth years. This gaseous,
giant external planet has the visible ring
system and over 20 moons, the largest of that
is Titanium. Uranus is tipped on other side,
with a rotation axis in almost the same plane
as its orbit.
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