Property Charts 4

Uranus has 11 rings.
If you want a tip, the planet is not pronounced "your anus." It's pronounced "urine us." Either way you say it, it's a pretty funny name. Uranus the third largest planet in our solar system. You don't hear much about this planet cuz there isn't a lot known about it. Uranus has only been visited by one unmanned spacecraft.

Properties of Uranus
Mass8.6849 × 1025 kg
Average Distance from Sun2.87 billion km/1.78 billion miles
Minimum Distance from Earth2.6 billion km/1.69 billion miles
Length of Year84 Earth years (to rotate the sun)
Rotation Time17 hours, 14 minutes (on its own axis)
Angle of Axis97 degrees
Diameter51,118 km/31,765 miles
Number of Known Satellites21
Number of Rings9 major rings
Number of Moons15
TemperatureAverage of -315 Fahrenheit/-193 Celsius
Weight on UranusA 100 pound person would weigh 89.9 pounds

You can't see Neptune without a telescope.
Neptune is usually the second farthest planet from the sun. Sometimes Neptune's orbit crosses Pluto's, which makes Neptune the farthest planet during that time. Neptune is mostly made from gases and it's about 11 times colder on Neptune than inside your freezer. Brrrr!

Properties of Neptune
Mass1.02 x 1026 kg
Average Distance from Sun4.497 billion km/2.8 billion miles
Minimum Distance from Earth4.3 billion km/2.68 billion miles
Length of Year164.79 Earth years (to rotate the sun)
Rotation Time16 hours, 11 minutes (on its own axis)
Angle of Axis28.31 degrees
Diameter49,528 kms/30,707 miles
Number of Satellites8
Number of Rings4 sets of rings
Number of Moons8
TemperatureAverage of -373 Fahrenheit/-225 Celsius
Weight on NeptuneA 100 pound person would weigh 112.5 pounds

For the property charts on the rest of the planets, click here.

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  • Basics of Our Solar System
  • Venus
  • Mercury
  • Earth
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Uranus
  • Neptune
  • Pluto
  • Read more: The Lab