Proper Name
Uranus |
Sidereal Period
84.07 years |
Mean Distance from the Sun
2,875.0 million km
19.22 AU |
Sidereal Day
17 hours, 14 minutes
(retrograde) |
Diameter
51,119 km |
Mean Surface Temperature
-197°C |
Moons
Ariel
Belinda
Bianca
Cordelia
Cressida
Desdemona
Juliet
Miranda
Oberon
Ophelia
Portia
Puck
Rosalind
Titania
Umbriel
Other small moons
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| The third of the gas giants, in terms of size and of distance from the Sun, Uranus
is a cold, gaseous world, orbiting in the depths of the Solar System.
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A view of Uranus. The small, rocky body in the foreground is Belinda, one of a number of small
moons in close orbit of the planet.
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