URANUS
URANUS
The axis of Uranus is tilted over about 82 degrees, so the planet appears to roll along on its side as it orbits the Sun. Uranus has an extensive ring system, but they are not bright like Saturn's, but dark in colour.
This false-colour image of Uranus reveals its cloud-bands, rings and moons.
Image credit: Hubble Space Telescope, ESA/NASA.
Uranus Facts
Diameter: 51,118 kilometres (51 thousand, 118 kilometres), or 31,763 miles (31 thousand, 763 miles)
Distance from the Sun: 2,875,040,000 kilometres (2 billion, 875 million and 40 thousand kilometres), or 1,786,460,000 miles (1 billion, 786 million, 460 thousand miles)
Rotation period (day): 17.2 Earth hours
Orbital period (year): 84.3 Earth years
Cloud top temperature: -197 degrees Celsius, or -323 degrees Fahrenheit
Moons: 27 in total, namely, Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda, Perdita, Puck, Mab, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Francisco, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Sycorax, Margaret, Prospero, Setebos and Ferdinand.