Planet Uranus

 

• Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun, and it is the third-largest planet in our solar system.
• Uranus is known for its blue-green color, which is caused by the presence of methane gas in its atmosphere.
• Uranus is tilted at an extreme angle of 98 degrees, which means that its axis of rotation is almost parallel to its plane of orbit around the Sun.
• Because of this extreme tilt, the seasons on Uranus are very extreme. Each pole experiences 42 years of continuous sunlight followed by 42 years of continuous darkness.
• Uranus has 27 known moons, including Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon.
• Uranus has a very weak magnetic field, which is about 50 times weaker than Earth's.
• Uranus is a gas giant planet, consisting mainly of hydrogen and helium.
• Uranus has the coldest temperatures of any planet in our solar system, with temperatures as low as -224 degrees Celsius (-371 degrees Fahrenheit) in its upper atmosphere.
• Uranus was discovered by the British astronomer William Herschel in 1781, and it was the first planet to be discovered using a telescope.
• Uranus takes about 84 Earth years to complete one orbit around the Sun, and one day on Uranus is about 17 hours and 14 minutes long.