uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and is classified as an ice giant. It has a mass about 14.5 times that of Earth and a diameter of roughly 50,000 kilometers. Its faint blue-green color comes from methane in the upper atmosphere. Below the cloud tops lies a thick mantle of icy compounds such as water, ammonia, and methane, surrounding a rocky core, all encased in a primarily hydrogen–helium envelope.
Uranus completes an orbit around the Sun in about 84 Earth years. Its axis is tilted about
The atmosphere of Uranus comprises hydrogen, helium, and methane, with temperatures around −224 degrees Celsius at
Uranus has a ring system and numerous moons. The rings are faint and dark, composed of particles
Exploration to Uranus has been limited to the Voyager 2 flyby in 1986, which provided most of