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Uranus

Uranus
Orbital Characteristics of Uranus

Orbital Characteristics

Perihelion: 2,748,938,461 km, 18.37551863 AE
Aphelion: 3,004,419,704 km, 20.08330526 AE
Semi-major axis: 2,876,679,082 km, 19.22941195 AE
Eccentricity: 0.044405586
Orbital period: 30,799.095 days, 84.323326 years
Synodic period: 369.66 days
Average orbital speed: 6.81 km/s
Mean anomaly: 142.955717°
Inclination: 0.772 556°
Longitude of ascending node: 73.989821°
Argument of perihelion: 96.541 318°

Satellites/moons: 27 (Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Mab, Belinda, Perdita, Puck, Cupid, Miranda, Francisco, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Sycorax, Margaret, Prospero, Setebos, Ferdinand)

Physical Characteristics of Uranus

Physical Characteristics

Equatorial radius: 25,559 km (4.007 x Earth)
Flattening: 0.0229 ± 0.0008
Surface area: 8.1156×109 km2 (15.91 x Earth)
Volume: 6.833×1013 km3 (63.086 x Earth)
Mass: 8.6823×1025 kg (14.536 x Earth)
Mean density: 1.27 g/cm3
Equatorial surface gravity: 8.69 m/s2
Escape velocity: 21.3 km/s
Sidereal rotation period: −0.71833 day Earth days, 17 h 14 min 24 s Earth hours
Axial tilt : 97.77°
Albedo: 0.51
Average surface temperatures: 57 K, -216 °C, -357 °F
Apparent magnitude: 5.9 to 5.32
Angular diameter: 3.3"–4.1"
The Atmosphere of Uranus

The Atmosphere

Composition:
  • 82.5% Hydrogen (H2)
  • 15.2% Helium
  • 2.3% Methane (CH4)
  • 148ppm Hydrogen Deuteride (HD)

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