Uranus Profile

Mass (kg) : 8.68 x 1025

Diameter (km) : 51118

Mean density (kg/m3) : 1290

Escape velocity (m/s) : 21300

Average distance from Sun : 19.19 AU (2,870,972,200 km)

Rotation period (length of day in Earth days) : 0.72 (17.9 Earth hours)(retrograde)

Revolution period (length of year in Earth days) : 30,685 (84 Earth years)

Obliquity (tilt of axis degrees) : 97.9

Orbit inclination (degrees) : 0.77

Orbit eccentricity (deviation from circular) : 0.047

Mean temperature (K) : 59

Visual geometric albedo (reflectivity) : 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.

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