Uranus

Uranus

General Information

Uranus, as imaged by Hubble Space Telescope.
Image credit: NASA/Hubble

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. Like the other giant planets, Uranus has a ring system, a magnetosphere and numerous moons. This planet was discovered by William Herschel and Johann Elert Bode. It is the coldest planet in the Solar System. Uranus is tilted at an angle of 99°. It is the second-least dense planet.

Fun Facts

1. It takes 84 Earth years for Uranus to travel around Sun.
2. Uranus has a minimum atmospheric temperature of -224°C.
3. Uranus is about 63 times the volume of Earth.

Uranus size compared to Earth

Uranus distance from the Sun and orbital eccentricity