Diameter of Uranus = 31,763 Miles
Distance from Uranus to the Sun = 1,703,364,322 miles at its closest and 1,866,362,363 miles at its furthest.
Distance from Uranus to Earth = 1.6 billion miles at its closest.
One Rotation of Uranus takes = 17 Hours 14 Minutes.
One Orbit around the Sun takes = 30,685 Earth days (Just over 84 Earth Years).
Atmosphere on Uranus = 83% Hydrogen, 15% Helium, and 2% Methane. The surface of Uranus is made of blue-green clouds of tiny crystals of Methane that has frozen out of Uranus' atmosphere. About 4,700 miles below those clouds, it is believed there is an ocean of liquid water with crystals of ammonia ice.
Speed of Travel during orbit = Approximately 15,233 MPH
Distance of Travel (one Orbit) = Approximately 11,218,581,890 Miles (over 11.2 Billion Miles)
Rings = Uranus has a number of rings surrounding it. Ten of them are dark and narrow. THe width of these rings range from less than 3 miles, to as much as 60 miles. None of the rings are more than 33 feet thick.
Natural Satellites (Moons) = Uranus has 21 known satellites. The largest, Titania, is only 490.2 miles in diameter.
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