Uranus Statistics
| Planetary Symbol: |
 |
Name in Roman/Greek Mythology: |
Uranus/Uranus |
| Diameter: |
51,488 km (32,000 miles) |
Rotation Period about Axis: |
17.24 hrs (retrograde?) |
| Mass: |
86.8x10^24 kilograms (14.5 x Earth's) |
Revolution Period about the Sun: |
84 years |
| Density: |
1,270 kg/m^3 |
Tilt of Axis: |
98o (or 82o?) |
| Minimum Distance from Sun: |
2.7 billion km
(1.7 billion miles) |
Surface Gravity: |
8.69 m/s^2 (0.89 x Earth's) |
| Maximum Distance from Sun: |
3 billion km
(1.87 billion miles) |
Temperature at Cloud Tops: |
-200o C ( -328o F) |
| Orbital Semimajor Axis: |
19.19 AU (Earth=1 AU) |
Average Cloud Top Temperature (K): |
73K |
| Minimum Distance from Earth: |
2.57 billion km
(1.6 billion miles) |
Satellites/Rings: |
known moons, faint rings |
Uranus Image Archive
Comparative Planetary Statistics -- in table form
Comparative Orbital Statistics -- in table form
Actual Distance to Earth
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