Uranus-Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is the third of the outer planets. Like Saturn and Jupiter, Uranus has a very short day. One day on Uranus is only 17 hours long. A year on Uranus is VERY long. One Uranus year is 84 Earth years! It takes Uranus 84 years to orbit the Sun one time! That means Uranus goes all the way around the Sun ONCE in our lifetime! Uranus has more moons than any other planet in our solar system. So far, 20 moons have been discovered.
Uranus is made of methane ice. Methane is usually a gas on Earth, but it is so cold on Uranus that it is frozen into ice. Uranus's atmosphere is mostly made of methane gas. There so many clouds made of methane in the atmosphere, that they cover the whole planet.
Uranus
Fast Facts:
- Namesake: Roman God, Father of the Titans
- Uranus was discovered in 1781
- Uranus has eleven rings
- Uranus has 20 moons
- Uranus' atmosphere is made up of: Hydrogen (83%), Helium (15%), & Methane (2%)
- It takes abour 84 Earth years for Neptune to orbit the Sun.
- One rotation (day) on Neptune is just over 17 hours.