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Uranus

Uranus. By Asher C. Uranus average distance from the Sun is 1,784,860,000 miles or 19.18 AU. Its perihelion distance is 1,702,100,000 miles and its aphelion distance is 1,870,800,000 miles. Uranus rotates around once in 17 hours and 14 minutes.

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Uranus

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  1. Uranus By Asher C

  2. Uranus average distance from the Sun is 1,784,860,000 miles or 19.18 AU. • Its perihelion distance is 1,702,100,000 miles and its aphelion distance is 1,870,800,000 miles.

  3. Uranus rotates around once in 17 hours and 14 minutes. • It orbits around the Sun in about 84 earth years. • It has a diameter of 31,763 miles. • Uranus is a Jovian planet.

  4. The average temperature on Uranus is 4,200 degrees F. • Its highest temperature is in the core at 12,600 degrees F. • Its lowest temperature is the atmosphere at -355 degrees F.

  5. It is made out of 83% hydrogen, 15% helium, and 2% other gases such as methane, which makes Uranus blue • It is a gas giant, or Jovian planet its surface is practically gas with winds over 645 km per hour!

  6. Uranus is about 4 times the size of Earth. • It has 90% of Earths gravity. Ex. If you weighed 100 lbs on Earth, you would weigh 90 lbs on Uranus. • Its mass is 14 ½ times that of Earth.

  7. Uranus was discovered in 1781 • It was found accidently while looking in the sky with a telescope and was mistaken as a star. • It was named after the sky god in Greek mythology

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  9. 10 MORE FACTS!!!! • Has at least 27 satellites • Half the planet remains in darkness for 42 years • Its rings were not discovered until 1977 • Its shortest distance from earth is 1,607,000,000 miles and its largest distance is 1,961,000,000 miles. • Voyager 2 has been the only spacecraft to ever visit Uranus. • Uranus is the 7th planet from the sun • Uranus is the 3rd largest planet in our solar system • Uranus is tipped on its side, so its poles are facing the sun • Uranus was accidently found while looking around in the sky and was mistaken as a star • Uranus is the farthest planet you can see with no telescope

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