![]() Uranus has a similar atmosphere to Jupiter and Saturn in its primary composition of hydrogen and helium yet, it contains more “ices” such as water, ammonia, methane and traces of other hydrocarbons.Because of this Uranus and Neptune are classified as ice giants rather than gas giants, for easier distinction. Uranus and Neptune share similar composition, both have bulk chemical compositions which differ from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn.Uranus has the coldest planetary atmosphere in the solar system, -224 degrees Celsius -371 degrees Fahrenheit.One rotation on Uranus takes about 17 hours. It takes Uranus 84 years to complete an orbit of the Sun, the longest from all the planets in the solar system.Venus also does this but Uranus is the only known planet to rotate on its side. Because of this, it rotates in the opposite direction than most planets, from East to West. It orbits the sun quite unusually, being the only planet whose equator is nearly at a right angle to its orbit, with a tilt of 97.77 degrees.The gravity on Uranus is about 8.87 m/s² or around 86% of the surface gravity on Earth which is 9.807 m/s².Its volume is about 63 times greater than Earth’s, which means that 63 Earths can fit inside it. ![]() ![]() Its actual distance can be checked online as Uranus is constantly tracked.
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