2.  Seventh planet from the sun  Average distance between Uranus and the sun is about 1.75 billon miles

3.  Hydrogen  Helium  Methane  Temperature: -353 F (-214 C)  90-360 mph winds

4.  Revolution Period: 84.01 Earth years  91% of gravity on Earth  Rotation period: 17 hours 14 minutes  Orbital Period: 84 Years, 3 Days, 15.66 Hours  Orbital Speed:6.6 km/sec

5. oThird largest planet o11 known rings( Range up to 10 meters across) oOuter planet (pass asteroid belt) oHas 27 natural satellites(50% water ice, 30% rock, and 20% carbon and nitrogen material) o21 known moons oGas giant oBlue because of frozen methane

6. Diameter: 32,193 miles 51,810 km Solar Distance: 2.871 billon km Equatorial diameter: 51,118 km 19 times as far from the sun as the Earth

7.  Voyager 2 launched on August 20, 1977  Only 1 visit to Uranus

8. Core of molten rock Multiply your weight by 0.93 Uranus was named after Ouranos, one of the first gods in Greek mythology Uranus’ moons have names from Shakespearean plays.

9. http://library.thinkquest.org Google Images www.google.com www.google.com (http://wizard.4teachers.org Solar System http://mars.sgi.com