Uranus

Blue Marble

Uranus was the first planet discovered with a telescope, in 1781. Uranus is four times larger than Earth, and has 15 moons and 11 rings.

All the planets' axes tilt at certain angles, but Uranus' is the most extreme; at 98 degrees it seems to spin on it's side, like a rolling ball.

Facts About Uranus
Rotational Period: 17 hour 14 minutes
Volume (Earth=1): 67
Density (Water=1): 1.29
Temperature at cloud tops: -210�C

Uranus Statistics

Distance from the sun: 2,875 mkm
Orbital velocity: 6.8 km/s
Year length: 84 Earth-years
Diameter: 4,878 km
Mass: 14.54 Earth-mass
Satellites: 15

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Last revised: 20 September 1999

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