Uranus

Location From The Sun

• "The distance to Uranus from the star is 1.7 billion miles (2.5 billion km); at its farthest (aphelion), 1.89 billion miles (3 billion km). On average, the planet travels about 19 times as far from the sun as Earth does."
• (https://www.space.com/18709-uranus-distance.html)

Is Uranus a Inner or Outer Planet?

• "Uranus is considered one of the 4 outer planets of our solar system."
• "The outer planets are so much larger than the inner planets that they make up 99 percent of the mass of the celestial bodies that orbit the Sun."
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Uranus Compared to Earth

• "The diameter of Uranus is 51,118 km across. For comparison, this is about 4 times bigger than Earth. ... This is about 14.5 times more massive than Earth. "
• "It has a diameter of 31,765 miles or 51,118 kilometers which is about four times the diameter of Earth. "
• " The mass of Uranus is 8.68×1025 kg. This is about 14.5 times more massive than Earth."
• (https://www.space.com/18709-uranus-distance.html)

DEscription of planet

• "The planet is often dubbed an ice giant, since 80 percent or more of its mass is made up of a fluid mix of water, methane, and ammonia ices. "
• "Unlike the other planets of the solar system, Uranus is tilted so far that it essentially orbits the sun on its side, with the axis of its spin nearly pointing at the star."
• (https://www.space.com/45-uranus-seventh-planet-in-earths-solar-system-was-f...)

Planet's Rotation

• "One day on Uranus takes about 17 hours (the time it takes for Uranus to rotate or spin once). And Uranus makes a complete orbit around the Sun in about 84 Earth years (30,687 Earth days)."
• (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/uranus/in-depth/)

Orbit of Uranus

• " It takes a little over 84 Earth years for Uranus to orbit around the sun."
• "Another interesting thing about Uranus is the extreme inclination of its axis (97.7°). Whereas all of the Solar Planets are tilted on their axes to some degree, Uranus’s extreme tilt means that the planet’s axis of rotation is approximately parallel with the plane of the Solar System. "
• All About Uranus | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
• (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/uranus/in-depth/)

What is Uranus made of?

• "Uranus is made of water, methane, and ammonia fluids above a small rocky center. Its atmosphere is made of hydrogen and helium like Jupiter and Saturn, but it also has methane. The methane makes Uranus blue."
• (https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/all-about-uranus/en/)

Atmosphere of Uranus

• "Uranus has an atmosphere more comparable with Neptune than with Saturn and Jupiter. an object or person on Uranus would weigh 88.6% its weight on earth. Therefore, a person would be lighter on Uranus."
• "Uranus' atmosphere is predominantly made up of hydrogen and helium. Unlike Jupiter and Saturn, these light gases dominate only the outer edges of the planet, but are not a significant contributor to the rocky interior."
• (https://www.space.com/18708-uranus-atmosphere.html)

Rings & Satillites of Uranus

• "Uranus possesses two sets of rings. The inner system of rings consists mostly of narrow, dark rings, while an outer system of two more-distant rings Uranus posses a total of 13 rings."
• "It is a set of natural satellites (moons), although such systems may also consist of bodies such as circumplanetary disks, ring systems, moonlets, minor-planet moons and artificial satellites any of which may themselves have satellite systems of their own."
• (Planet Uranus: Facts About Its Name, Moons and Orbit | Space)

Most Interesting Facts About Uranus

• "Uranus turns on its axis once every 17 hours, 14 minutes."
• "Uranus has a ring system, a magnetosphere, and numerous moons. "
• "Uranus is tilted so far that it essentially orbits the sun on its side, with the axis of its spin nearly pointing at the star. "
• "It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System."
• "Uranus’ interior is thought to consist of two layers: a core and mantle. Current models suggest that the core is primarily composed of rock and ice and is approximately .55 times the mass of the Earth."
• (https://space-facts. com /uranus/)

REFERENCES

• Retrieved From: https:// www.universe today.com/33292/the-outer-planets/
• Retrieved From: All About Uranus | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
• Retrieved From: Planet Uranus: Facts About Its Name, Moons and Orbit | Space
• Retrieved From: https:// theplanets.org /uranus/
• Retrieved From: https://space-facts. com /uranus/