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Uranus

[Image of Uranus]

Radius:
25,362 km

Mass:
8.69x1025 kg

Orbital Period:
84.01 Earth years

Rotation Period:
0.72 Earth day

Distance from Sun:
2,870.990 million km

Satellites:
Ariel, Miranda, Oberon, Titania, and Umbriel, plus a number of smaller moons, including Puck, Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, 1986U10, Caliban, Stephano, Sycorax, Prospero, and Setebos.

Uranus is the eighth planet from the Sun (counting dwarf planets). It has five large moons, Ariel, Miranda, Oberon, Titania, and Umbriel, and a number of smaller moons.

Web Pages with Information about Uranus

Astrogeology Research Program

Browse the Solar System: Interactive version of our popular poster Mapping the Solar System
Browse the Geologic Solar System: Interactive version of our popular poster Geology of the Solar System
Planetary Maps: Searchable comprehensive listing of published planetary maps, with links to digital versions when available.
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Information about and access to the official International Astromical Union approved names for planetary features
Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements of the Planets and Satellites - IAU Working Group: IAU CCRE Working Group, information, publications, and references, including tables of the accepted values for the size, shape, and rotations of the planets and satellites
NASA Planetary Photojournal: Images from various Solar System exploration programs
For images, maps, data, and information about Uranus' moons, see the Ariel, Miranda, Oberon, Titania, and Umbriel, and Uranus' Smaller Moons sections.

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