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ᱵᱚᱸᱜᱟ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱞ

ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ, ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ
ᱵᱚᱸᱜᱟ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱞ ⛢
Discovery
Discovered byWilliam Herschel
Discovery dateᱦᱩᱲᱟᱹᱜ : ᱚᱢᱟᱱᱚᱛ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱾
Designations
Pronunciation /ˈjʊərənəs/ or /jʊˈrnəs/[][]
Named after
the Latin form Ūranus of the Greek god Οὐρανός Ouranos
AdjectivesUranian /jʊˈrniən/[]
Orbital characteristics[][lower-alpha ᱑]
Epoch J2000
Aphelion20.11 AU
(3008 Gm)
Perihelion18.33 AU
(2742 Gm)
19.2184 AU
(2,875.04 Gm)
Eccentricity0.046381
  • 84.0205 yr
  • 30,688.5 d[]
  • 42,718 Uranian solar days[]
369.66 days[]
6.80 km/s[]
142.238600°
Inclination0.773° to ecliptic
6.48° to Sun's equator
1.02° to invariable plane[]
74.006°
96.998857°
Known satellites27
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
25,362±7 km[][lower-alpha ᱒]
Equatorial radius
25,559±4 km
4.007 Earths[][lower-alpha ᱒]
Polar radius
24,973±20 km
3.929 Earths[][lower-alpha ᱒]
Flattening0.0229±0.0008[lower-alpha ᱓]
Circumference159,354.1 km[]
8.1156×109 km2[][lower-alpha ᱒]
15.91 Earths
Volume6.833×1013 km3[][lower-alpha ᱒]
63.086 Earths
Mass(8.6810±0.0013)×1025 kg
14.536 Earths[᱑᱐]
GM=5,793,939±13 km3/s2
Mean density
1.27 g/cm3[][lower-alpha ᱔]
8.69 m/s2[][lower-alpha ᱒]
0.886 g
0.23[᱑᱑] (estimate)
21.3 km/s[][lower-alpha ᱒]
−0.71833 d (retrograde)
17 h 14 min 24 s[]
Equatorial rotation velocity
2.59 km/s
9,320 km/h
97.77° (to orbit)[]
North pole right ascension
ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:RA
257.311°[]
North pole declination
−15.175°[]
Albedo0.300 (Bond)[᱑᱒]
0.488 (geom.)[᱑᱓]
Surface temp. min mean max
1 bar level[᱑᱔] 76 K (−197.2 °C)
0.1 bar
(tropopause)[᱑᱕]
47 K 53 K 57 K
5.38[᱑᱖] to 6.03[᱑᱖]
3.3″ to 4.1″[]
Atmosphere[᱑᱕][᱑᱗][᱑᱘][lower-alpha ᱕]
27.7 km[]
Composition by volume(Below 1.3 bar)

Gases:

Ices:

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    3. "Uranian". Oxford English Dictionary (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. September 2005. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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    19. Irwin, Patrick G. J.; et al. (23 April 2018). "Detection of hydrogen sulfide above the clouds in Uranus's atmosphere" (PDF). Nature Astronomy. 2 (5): 420–427. Bibcode:2018NatAs...2..420I. doi:10.1038/s41550-018-0432-1. hdl:2381/42547.
    1. These are the mean elements from VSOP87, together with derived quantities.
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    3. Calculated using data from Seidelmann, 2007.[]
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    5. Calculation of He, H2 and CH4 molar fractions is based on a 2.3% mixing ratio of methane to hydrogen and the 15/85 He/H2 proportions measured at the tropopause.
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