PLANET 07 / 08
Uranus
✨Tipped over ice giant!
The ice giant tipped on its side -- pale cyan methane haze.
Diameter
0 km
Across the equator
Distance
0.00 AU
From the Sun
Day length
17.2 hours
One rotation
Year length
84 Earth years
One orbit
Moons
28
Natural satellites
Temperature
~-195 C
Surface / cloud tops
Size vs Earth
Relative diameters (Earth = 1.00x)
Uranus
4.00x
Earth
1.00x
Orbit sketch
Cute relative order around the Sun
Key facts
- 01Uranus rotates nearly on its side, likely from an ancient collision.💫
- 02Methane in the atmosphere gives it a blue-green color.🪐
- 03It has faint rings discovered in 1977.🔭
Planet and sky textures based on Solar System Scope (www.solarsystemscope.com/textures), licensed CC-BY 4.0. NASA fact references.