Uranus
Uranus ♅
Uranus was the first planet discovered using a telescope, though its initial discoverer thought it was a comet or star. Two years later, in 1783, it was accepted as a new planet and was named for the Greek god of the sky. Uranus is the seventh planet in the solar system and is approximately 1.79 billion miles (19.18 Astronomical Units) from the sun. A day on Uranus takes 17 hours, and one year takes 30,687 Earth days, about 84 years. The gravity on Uranus is slightly less than the gravity of Earth. Uranus is an ice giant, mostly made of icy materials like water, ammonia, and methane. Like Venus, Uranus rotates “backwards” from east to west, but Uranus is unique in that it rotates nearly completely on its side.
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