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Planets - Uranus

  Bulk Parameters | Orbital Parameters
Observational Parameters | Atmospheric Parameters
Satellites
   
 
Bulk Parameters

Black-Body Temperature

35.9 K

Bond Albedo

0.90

Ellipticity

0.023

Equatorial Radius (Defined by Pressure = 1 bar)

25 559 km

Escape Velocity

21.3 km s−1

GM

5.794 × 106 km3 s−2

Mass

86.83 × 1024 kg

Mean Density

1 318 kg m−3

Moment of Inertia

0.225 I MR−2

Polar Radius (Defined by Pressure = 1 bar)

24 973 km

Solar Irradiance

3.71 W m−2

Surface Gravity (At Pressure = 1 bar)

8.69 m s−2

Visual Geometric Albedo

0.51

Visual Magnitude

−7.19

Volume

6 833 × 1010 km3

Volumetric Mean Radius

25 362 km

 
 
Orbital Parameters

Aphelion

3 005.2 × 106 km

Mean Orbital Velocity

6.82 km s−1

Obliquity to Orbit

97.86 °

Orbital Eccentricity

0.047 18

Orbital Inclination

0.770 °

Perihelion

2 734.0 × 106 km

Semimajor Axis

2 871.0 × 106 km

Sidereal Orbit Period

30 685.4 days

Sidereal Rotation Period (Magnetic Coordinates, determined by Voyager 2 Radio Science Experiment)

17.24 hours

Synodic Period

369.66 days

Tropical Orbit Period

30 588.740 days

 
 
Observational Parameters

Apparent Magnitude near Opposition

5.5

Maximum Apparent Diameter from Earth

4.1 arc seconds

Maximum Distance from Earth

3 157.3 × 106 km

Minimum Apparent Diameter from Earth

3.3 arc seconds

Minimum Distance from Earth

2 581.9 × 106 km

 
 
Atmospheric Parameters

Average Temperature

about 58 K

Density at 1 bar

about 0.42 kg m−3

Mean Molecular Weight

2.64 g mol−1

Scale Height

59.6 km

Scale Height

27.7 km

Surface Pressure

Much more than 100 bars

Temperature at 1 bar

about 76 K

Wind Speed

0 to 200 m s−1

Molecular Hydrogen H2 percentage of hydrogen in bar chart form 89%
Helium He percentage of helium in bar chart form 11%
Methane CH4 percentage of methane in bar chart form
Ammonia Ice percentage of ammonia ice in bar chart form
Water Ice percentage of water ice in bar chart form
Ammonia Hydrosulphide percentage of ammonia hydrosulfide in bar chart form
Methane Ice percentage of methane ice in bar chart form  
 
 
Satellites
Major Satellites
Miranda Titania
Ariel Oberon
Umbriel
Minor Satellites
Cordelia S/1986 U10
Ophelia Belinda
Bianca Puck
Cressida Caliban
Desdemona Stephano
Juliet Sycorax
Portia Prospero
Rosalind Setebos
Satellite S/1986 U10 is awaiting IAU certification.
Prospero, Setebos and Stephano are provisional names.
 


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