Seventh planet from the sun

Average distance between Uranus and the sun is about 1.75 billon miles

Hydrogen

Helium

Methane

Temperature: -353 F (-214 C)

90-360 mph winds

Revolution Period: 84.01 Earth years

91% of gravity on Earth

Rotation period: 17 hours 14 minutes

Orbital Period: 84 Years, 3 Days, 15.66 Hours

Orbital Speed:6.6 km/sec

oThird largest planet

o11 known rings( Range up to 10 meters across)

oOuter planet (pass asteroid belt)

oHas 27 natural satellites(50% water ice, 30% rock, and 20% carbon and nitrogen material)

o21 known moons

oGas giant

oBlue because of frozen methane

•Diameter: 32,193 miles 51,810 km

•Solar Distance: 2.871 billon km

•Equatorial diameter: 51,118 km

•19 times as far from the sun as the Earth

Voyager 2 launched on August 20, 1977

Only 1 visit to Uranus

•Core of molten rock

•Multiply your weight by 0.93

•Uranus was named after Ouranos, one of the first gods in Greek mythology

•Uranus’ moons have names from Shakespearean plays.

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