What is Uranus Like?
Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. It is 2,871 million km from the sun. Uranus is so far from the sun that it is very, very cold. The average temperature is -184 °C. If you weigh 70 pounds on the Earth you would weigh 82 pounds on Uranus.
Uranus is a gas giant with a rocky center. It does not have a solid surface. It is the third largest planet. It is about four times bigger than Earth. It has 27 moons. Uranus looks blue-green. A thick haze covers the planet.
A year on Uranus is 84 Earth-years long. One day is 17 hours long.
It has some rings. The rings are thin and dark. The rings go around the top and bottom of the planet instead of around the middle like Saturn’s rings. Uranus is a sideways planet! Astronomers think something really big (such as an asteroid) may have hit the planet and knocked it onto its side.
(Information taken from edhelper.com and Astronomy For Kids websites)
1 orbit of Sun (year): 84 Earth-years long
1 rotation (day): 17 hours
Average distance from Sun: 2871 million km
Diameter: 51,100 km
Average Temperature: -184 °C
Atmosphere: is mainly composed of hydrogen and is 8000 km thick
Surface: is gaseous. The surface is its atmosphere.
Natural satallites (moons): 27
Ring System: yes
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