Uranus

 

Planet Profile

Mass (kg)............................................8.68 x 10^25
Diameter (km)........................................51118
Mean density (kg/m^3) ...............................1290
Escape velocity (m/sec)..............................21300

Average distance from Sun (AU).......................19.18
Rotation period (length of day) (in Earth hours).....17.9
Revolution period (length of year) (in Earth years)..84

Obliquity (tilt of axis) (degrees)...................97.9
Orbit inclination (degrees)..........................0.77
Orbit eccentricity...................................0.047

Mean temperature (K).................................59

Visual geometric albedo..............................0.56
Atmospheric components...............................83% hydrogen, 
                                                     15% helium, 
                                                      2% methane (at depth)
Rings................................................Uranus has 
        a system of narrow, faint rings. Ring particles are dark, 
	and could consist of rocky or carbonaceous material.



LES SATELLITES NATURELS
Nom de
la Lune
# Rayon
(km)
Masse
(kg)
Distance
de Jupiter
(km)
Nom du
découvreur
Date
 Cordelia VI 13 ? 49,750 Voyager 2 1986
 Ophelia VII 16 ? 53,760 Voyager 2 1986
 Bianca VIII 22 ? 59,160 Voyager 2 1986
 Cressida IX 33 ? 61,770 Voyager 2 1986
 Desdemona X 29 ? 62,660 Voyager 2 1986
 Juliet XI 42 ? 64,360 Voyager 2 1986
 Portia XII 55 ? 66,100 Voyager 2 1986
 Rosalind XIII 27 ? 69,930 Voyager 2 1986
 Belinda XIV 34 ? 75,260 Voyager 2 1986
 Puck XV 77 ? 86,010 Voyager 2 1985
 Miranda V 235.8 6.33e+19 129,780 G. Kuiper 1948
 Ariel I 578.9 1.27e+21 191,240 W. Lassell 1851
 Umbriel II 584.7 1.27e+21 265,970 W. Lassell 1851
 Titania III 788.9 3.49e+21 435,840 W. Herschel 1787
 Oberon IV 761.4 3.03e+21 582,600 W. Herschel 1787

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