The Equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth.

Uranus

Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and is the third biggest planet. Uranus takes 84 Earth years to orbit the sun. A day on Uranus is 17 hours 14 minutes. There are at least twenty seven moons that orbit Uranus. In 1977, it was discovered that Uranus had rings. Uranus is covered by green and blue clouds. The atmosphere of Uranus is composed mostly of hydrogen. Uranus was discovered by William Herschel in 1781 with his telescope. Uranus was named after the Greek God Ouranos. Unlike other planets, Uranus is tilted sideways. It is believed that Uranus was knocked into a tilted position by a huge collision billions of years ago. Uranus is extremely cold and is -346 degrees F. at its cloud tops.

Facts about Uranus

Distance from the Sun: 1.78 billion miles

Diameter at the equator: 32,298 miles

Time taken for 1 orbit: 84 years

Return to Space

Did you know?

When the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, it casts a shadow and causes an eclipse.

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