Ariel
Ariel is a 1988 Finnish drama movie directed and written by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpää. It was distributed by Finnkino.
Written for younger readers
Ariel, in simpler words
This version comes from Wikijunior, a set of books written for children aged 8 to 11. It is shorter and uses plainer language than the article above.
From Wikijunior: Solar System
Ariel is a moon of Uranus. The first and only observations of Ariel were made by Voyager 2 during its January 1986 flyby of Uranus. Only the Southern hemisphere was photographed, since the moon’s south pole was pointed towards the Sun.
Ariel is about 1157.8 km wide.
The surface of Ariel does not have many craters. It has a huge network of fault canyons and liquid water outflows over its surface. It appears to shine because of its reflecting surface.
One day on Ariel is equal to 2.52 days on Earth.
One Orbit around Uranus is also equal to 2.52 days.
Ariel is made of roughly 50% water ice, 30% silicate rock, and 20% methane ice, and it appears to have regions of fresh frost in places.
Newtons describe how hard gravity is pulling you down. On Earth, if you weigh 51 kilograms or 112 pounds, your weight is 500 newtons. We only use newtons for some special purposes, when we are really interested in how hard we push down on something because gravity is pulling us.
Your weight in newtons would be less on Ariel, only about 0.27 times what it is on Earth. To find your weight in newtons as you stand on Ariel, just take your weight on Earth, and if that weight is in kilograms, multiply it by 2.65. If that weight is in pounds, multiply it by 1.2 to get newtons. But then you’ll have to add in the weight of your spacesuit as well, because that is pressing down on the surface just like you are.
Ariel is named after a sylph, a creature made of air, in Alexander Pope’s poem Rape of the Lock.
Ariel was discovered on October 24, 1851 by William Lassell. He also discovered Umbriel at the same time.
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