Solar System Reference Guide

Uranus


AVERAGE DISTANCE FROM SUN: 2800 MILLION KILOMETRES
DIAMETER: 52,000 KILOMETRES
VOLUME: 52 TIMES EARTH STANDARD
MASS: 14.6 TIMES EARTH STANDARD
GRAVITY: 1.17 TIMES EARTH STANDARD
ATMOSPHERE: HYDROGEN, HELIUM, METHAN
NUMBER OF MOONS: 5, MIRANDA, ARIEL, UMBRIEL, TITANIA, OBERON
URANUS YEAR: 84 EARTH YEARS
URANUS DAY: 16 HOURS 10 MINS

Uranus is classed as a Gas Giant, although it is much smaller than Saturn & Jupiter.

Uranus, like Saturn, has a network of rings, although in this case only nine. Uranus is also, for reasons unknown, tilted by 98°, so it is virtually orbiting on its side.

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