Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. Its name is a reference to the Greek god of the sky, Uranus, who, according to Greek mythology, was the grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter) and father of Cronus (Saturn). It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System.
Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both have bulk chemical compositions which differ from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn.
Uranus is known as the “sideways planet” because it rotates on its side.Uranus was the first planet found using a telescope. Uranus is an Ice Giant planet and nearly four times larger than Earth.
Uranus Facts
- Equatorial Diameter: 51,118 km
- Polar Diameter: 49,946 km
- Mass: 8.68 x 10^25 kg(15 Earths)
- Moon: 27(Miranda, Titania, Ariel, Umbriel & Oberon)
- Rings: 13
- Orbit Distance: 2,870,658,186 km (19.22 AU)
- Orbit Period: 30.687 days(84.0 years)
- Surface Temperature: -197°C
- Discovery Date: March 13th 1781
- Discovered By: William Herschel