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: 98^o (or 82^o?)

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: -200^o C ( -328^o 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

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:	98^o (or 82^o?)
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:	-200^o C ( -328^o 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

Last modified May 5, 2003 by the Windows Team

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