Uranus information report

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Did you know Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun?

Uranus is the third-largest planet in the solar system.

Uranus is similar to Neptune in mass and a similar shade of  blue.

Uranus Mass: 86,810,300,000,000,000 billion kg.

Age: 100 billion years old.

Uranus is made of ice & gases.

14 and a half Earths combined make one Uranus .

Did you know Uranus can not be seen by the naked eye?

Uranus travels in an elliptical orbit around the sun once every 84 Earth years.

Travelling to another planet in the solar system is a bit challenging because the planets you want to visit are always moving around — and so is your starting location. Sometimes they line up ideally, but other times, visiting them may take a bit more effort.

Uranus was officially discovered by Sir William Herschel in 1781.

Uranus became the first planet discovered with the use of a telescope.

In Palmerston North the temperature in June is 14 degrees Celsius.

On Uranus the temperature is - 153 degrees Celsius.

Uranus has the coldest atmosphere in the solar system.

By James Johnston.