Uranus in the solar system One of the most interesting and mysterious planets is a. It is a gas and ice giant located 2.88 billion kilometers from the sun.

We’ve probably heard about this giant before. 6 facts you didn’t know yet we have compiled!

Uranus is 2.88 billion km away from the Sun.

Despite the distance The coldest planet in the solar system retains its title. The temperature in the cloud tops of Uranus averages 76 K (-197.2 °C) and can drop as low as 47 K (-226 °C).

The reason why Uranus is colder even though Neptune is further from the Sun from the core of the planet It doesn’t emit as much heat as other large planets.

While the cores of other large planets are very hot and emit large amounts of infrared radiation, Uranus’ core is it got so cold It now emits very little energy.

All the planets in the solar system rotate on their axes, but Uranus’s axis tilt is exactly 99 degrees, making it spin almost on its side.

While the other planets are slightly inclined to orbit the Sun on their rotational axes, Uranus almost completely tilted somehow it comes back.

This is Uranus Rolls like a ball around the sun causes. The tilt of the axis could be an indication that Uranus experienced a major collision in the past. The impact may have tilted the planet’s axis that much.

A day on Uranus lasts about 17 hours.

However, due to the tilt of the planet’s axis, one pole is pointed toward the Sun, while the other pole remains in darkness. This situation results in a polar day on Uranus and Let your night last 42 years causes.

So on one pole of Uranus 42 years of summer and 42 years of winter There are seasons. At the north pole of Uranus, the sun, after rising, travels across the sky for 42 years, culminating in a night of 42 years.

The average density of Uranus is 1.27 g/cm³, making it the second least dense planet in the Solar System.

The least dense planet is Saturn, which has a density of 0.687 g/cm³. This low density Despite Uranus’s 14.5 times greater mass When you stand on the surface, you feel 89% of the gravity on the Earth’s surface.

Uranus’ low density is largely due to the planet’s gas composed of ice components is caused by.

Although Saturn’s rings are the most well-known, Uranus also has thirteen different rings.

The rings consist of very dark particles with sizes ranging from micrometers to meters. The rings formed after the formation of Uranus formed as a result of the disintegration of the moon is being considered.

These rings are usually several kilometers wide. Except for two very narrow rings, The vast majority are broad rings. The darkness of the rings makes them difficult to see.

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