| Distance from the Sun: 2,870,972,200 km Equatorial Radius: 25,559 km Volume: 68,330,000,000,000 km3 Mass: 86,849,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg Uranus' crust = 611 miles thick |
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| Discovered By: | William Herschel |
| Date of Discovery: | 1781 |
| Average Distance from the Sun |
Metric: 2,870,972,200 km English: 1,783,939,400 miles Scientific Notation: 2.8709722 x 109 km (19.191 A.U.) By Comparison: 19.191 x Earth |
| Perihelion (closest) |
Metric: 2,735,560,000 km English: 1,699,800,000 miles Scientific Notation: 2.73556 x 109 km (18.286 A.U.) By Comparison: 18.60 x Earth |
| Aphelion (farthest) |
Metric: 3,006,390,000 km English: 1,868,080,000 miles Scientific Notation: 3.00639 x 109 km (20.096 A.U.) By Comparison: 19.76 x Earth |
| Equatorial Radius |
Metric: 25,559 km English: 15,882 miles Scientific Notation: 2.5559 x 104 km By Comparison: 4.007 x Earth |
| Equatorial Circumference |
Metric: 160,592 km English: 99,787 miles Scientific Notation: 1.60592 x 105 km |
| Volume |
Metric: 68,330,000,000,000 km3 Scientific Notation: 6.8330 x 1013 km3 By Comparison: 63.1 x Earth |
| Mass | Metric: 86,849,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg Scientific Notation: 8.6849 x 1025 kg By Comparison: 14.371 x Earth's |
| Density | Metric: 1.30 g/cm3 By Comparison: 0.236 x Earth |
| Surface Area |
Metric: 8,115,600,000 km2 English: 3,133,400,000 square miles Scientific Notation: 8.1156 x 109 km2 By Comparison: 15.91 x Earth |
| Equatorial Surface Gravity |
Metric: 8.43 m/s2 English: 27.7 ft/s2 By Comparison: If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 86 pounds on Uranus. |
| Escape Velocity |
Metric: 76,640 km/h English: 47,620 mph Scientific Notation: 21,290 m/s By Comparison: 1.904 x Earth |
| Sidereal Rotation Period (Length of Day) |
-0.7196 Earth days (retrograde) -17.24 hours (retrograde) By Comparison: 0.722 x Earth |
| Mean Orbit Velocity |
Metric: 24,607 km/h English: 15,290 mph Scientific Notation: 6,835.2 m/s By Comparison: 0.229 x Earth |
| Orbital Eccentricity |
.047168 By Comparison: 2.823 x Earth |
| Orbital Inclination to Ecliptic | 0.770 degrees |
| Equatorial Inclination to Orbit |
97.86 degrees By Comparison: 4.173 x Earth |
| Orbital Circumference |
Metric: 17,620,000,000 km Scientific Notation: 1.762 x 1010 km By Comparison: 19.06 x Earth |
| Effective Temperature |
Metric: -216 °C English: -357 °F Scientific Notation: 57 K |
| Atmospheric Constituents |
Hydrogen, Helium, Methane Scientific Notation: H2, He, CH4 By Comparison: Earth's atmosphere consists mostly of N2 and O2. |
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