Here are ten super facts about Uranus:
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and is the third-largest planet in our solar system.
It is an ice giant planet, with a mostly hydrogen and helium atmosphere along with a small rocky core.
Uranus is unique among the planets in our solar system in that it rotates on its side, with its axis tilted at an angle of 98 degrees.
The planet has a diameter of 50,724 kilometers (31,518 miles), which is roughly four times that of Earth.
A day on Uranus (the time it takes to rotate once on its axis) lasts about 17.25 Earth hours, while a year (the time it takes to orbit the Sun) is about 84 Earth years.
Uranus has 27 known moons, the largest of which are named Titania, Oberon, Umbriel, Ariel, and Miranda.
The planet's atmosphere is primarily composed of hydrogen and helium, along with trace amounts of methane, which gives Uranus its distinct blue-green color.
Uranus has a faint and lopsided ring system, which was discovered in 1977.
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft is the only spacecraft to have visited Uranus, flying by the planet in 1986 and making numerous discoveries about the planet and its moons.
Uranus has some of the coldest temperatures in our solar system, with the upper atmosphere averaging a temperature of -224°C (-371°F).
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