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Uranus

BASIC INFO

Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, is a gas giant classified as an ice giant due to its composition of hydrogen, helium, and methane. Discovered in 1781 by Sir William Herschel, Uranus stands out for its distinctive blue-green color, attributed to methane in its atmosphere.

ADVANCED INFO

Size: 31,713 miles across

Mass: 14.53 Earth masses

Distance from Earth: 1.8 billion miles on average

Distance from their star: 1.8 billion miles on average (9 AU)

Star: Sol

Habitable: No

Age: 4.503 billion years

Day: 17 Hours

Year: 84 Earth years

Type: Ice giant

Moons: 27

SOME RANDOM FACTS

Due to its extreme axial tilt, Uranus experiences long seasons that last for about 21 Earth years each.
The rings of Uranus are unique among the gas giants in that they are tilted almost perpendicular to the planet's orbit around the Sun. This gives them a sideways appearance when observed from Earth.
Uranus is classified as an ice giant, along with Neptune, due to its composition of primarily hydrogen, helium, and methane.

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