Uranus - Wikipedia
Uranus has at least one horseshoe orbiter occupying the Sun–Uranus L 3 Lagrangian point—a gravitationally unstable region at 180° in its orbit, 83982 Crantor. [ 164 ] [ 165 ] Crantor moves inside Uranus's co-orbital region on a complex, temporary horseshoe orbit.
Uranus Facts - Science@NASA
Uranus makes a complete orbit around the Sun (a year in Uranian time) in about 84 Earth years (30,687 Earth days). Uranus is the only planet whose equator is nearly at a right angle to its orbit, with a tilt of 97.77 degrees.
Uranus - NASA Science
Uranus orbits our Sun, a star, and is the seventh planet from the Sun at a distance of about 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometers). Uranus takes about 17 hours to rotate once (a Uranian day), and about 84 Earth years to complete an orbit of the Sun (a Uranian year). Uranus is an ice giant.
Uranus | Facts, Moons, & Rings | Britannica
Nov 19, 2024 · Unlike most planets, the axis of Uranus lies almost parallel to its orbital plane, which means that the planet spins nearly on its side, its poles taking turns pointing toward the Sun as the planet travels in its orbit.
In Depth | Uranus – NASA Solar System Exploration
Uranus is the only planet whose equator is nearly at a right angle to its orbit, with a tilt of 97.77 degrees – possibly the result of a collision with an Earth-sized object long ago. This unique tilt causes the most extreme seasons in the solar system.
Orbit and Rotation of Uranus - Planet Facts
The rotational period of Uranus’ is 17 hours and 14 minutes (compared to Earth time, a day on Uranus is approximately 17 hours and 14 minutes). However, just like on the other giant planets, it also experiences relatively strong winds going in the direction of its rotation.
Uranus: Size, distance from the Sun, orbit | Astronomy.com
Oct 20, 2023 · The seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus orbits at about 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion km), more than 19 times farther than Earth's orbit.
Uranus Fact Sheet - NSSDCA
Oct 2, 2024 · Uranus Observational Parameters Discoverer: William Herschel Discovery Date: 13 March 1781 Distance from Earth Minimum (10 6 km) 2580.6 Maximum (10 6 km) 3153.5 Apparent diameter from Earth Maximum (seconds of arc) 4.1 Minimum (seconds of arc) 3.3 Mean values at opposition from Earth Distance from Earth (10 6 km) 2721.37 Apparent diameter (seconds of arc) 3.8 Apparent visual magnitude 5.57 ...
Uranus - WorldAtlas
May 23, 2022 · Uranus's orbit is the most elliptical of all the planets in the solar system. The distance between Uranus and the sun changes by a greater distance than any other planet. During its closest approach, Uranus will reach a distance …
Uranus - Gas Giant, Rings, Moons | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
Nov 19, 2024 · At Uranus’s distance from the Sun, the planet takes slightly more than 84 Earth years, essentially an entire human life span, to complete one orbit. The eccentricity of its orbit is low—that is, its orbit deviates little from a perfect circle—and the inclination of the orbit to the ecliptic —the plane of Earth’s orbit and nearly the ...