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Some Facts about the Planet Uranus

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is named after the Greek sky deity Uranus, who in Greek mythology is the father of Cronus, a grandfather of Zeus, and great-grandfather of Ares. Uranus has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System.
The video on the right shows how Uranus rotates around itself!

About Uranus

• Mass: 8.681 × 10²⁵ kg
• Equatorial diameter: 50,724 km
• Surface Gravity: 8.87 m/s²
• Average Temperature: -213.889°C

Some Facts about Uranus

1. Uranus's atmosphere is made of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn, but it also has methane.
2. Uranus is made of water, methane, and ammonia fluids above a small rocky center.
3. It was the first planet to be discovered through a telescope.
4. The discoverer of Uranus wanted it to be called Georgium Sidus.
5. Uranus takes 17 hours and 14 minutes to complete one rotation (one day).

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