Uranus

is uranus located in the inner or outer group

• Uranus is located in the other group
• it is between planets Saturn and Neptune

distance from the sun in miles

• the closest distance is 1.7 billion miles
• on its furthest aphelion it's 1.89 billion miles
• with that you can go around earth 76,000 times

planet order what is it between

• Uranus is between Saturn and Neptune

period of revolution

• it takes a total of 84.3 years
• to revolve around the sun

period of rotation

• Uranus takes 17 hours and 14
• minutes to spin once on its axis

ECCECENTRICITY

• an eccecentricity of 0.444 rounded

diameter

• 31,518 is the diameter of Uranus
• the diameter is more than the circumfrance of earth

surface temperature

• the surface temperature is
• -200 degrees celcius it would almost be
• an instant freeze to a human

surface gravity

• 8.69m/s2 which is equal to 89%
• of earths gravity sort of like a trampoline

number of satellites

• right now we know of 27 satellites
• and of which five of them are huge

picture of planet by itself

picture of planet in comparison of others

Physical Properties of Uranus

• Uranus is a blue- green color
• 80% or more of its mass is made up of a fluid mix of water, methane, and ammonia ice

THE DISCOVERY OF URANUS

• Sir William Herschel discovered the planet on March 13, 1781
• He thought that he had discovered another icy body

the color of Uranus

• The color of Uranus comes from its atmosphere
• It is composed mostly of hydrogen and helium and methane
• the methane causes the planet to be a blue- green color

unusual about Uranus axis rotation

• it's rotation is retrograde because the
• axis of rotation is tilted 98 degrees from
• the perpendicular to the elliptic plane of earth

what makes uranus unique

• Uranus is the coldest planet in the solar system
• summer last one long day 42 years
• Uranus is the second least dense planet