page_title: Uranus
hierarchical_section_title: Uranus
caption_attribution_description: English&#x3a;&#32; This is an image of the planet Uranus taken by the spacecraft Voyager 2 in 1986. See Uranus.jpg for how Uranus would appear in visible light.Русский&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Это снимок планеты Уран, сделанный космическим аппаратом Voyager 2 в 1986 году. Чтобы увидеть как для человека будет выглядеть Уран в видимом свете, смотрите ссылку.العربية&#160;&#x3a;&#32; صُورة لِكوكب أورانوس التقطتها المركبة الفضائيَّة ڤوياجر 2 سنة 1986. انظر هذا الملف لِترى كيف يبدو أورانوس لِلبشر في الضوء المرئيّ.
context_page_description: Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is a gas giant. It is the third largest planet in the solar system.
  The planet is made of ice, gases and liquid metal. Its atmosphere contains hydrogen, helium and methane. The temperature on Uranus is −197 °C near the top of its atmosphere, but its small solid core is probably about 4,730 °C.
  The planet is tilted on its axis so much that it is sideways. It has five big moons, many small ones, and a small system of 13 planetary rings.
  The distance between Uranus and the Sun is about 2.8 billion km. Uranus completes its orbit around the Sun in 84 earth years. It completes a spin around itself in 17 hours and 14 minutes. This means there are about 43,000 Uranian days in one Uranian year.
  Uranus was discovered in 1781. This planet can be seen with the naked eye under perfect conditions. John Flamsteed saw it decades earlier but mistook it for a star.
  Uranus is named after the Greek god Uranus, who was a god of sky.
context_section_description: Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun in the Solar System.  It is a gas giant. It is the third largest planet in the solar system.
  The planet is made of ice, gases and liquid metal. Its atmosphere contains hydrogen (₁H), helium (₂He) and methane. The temperature on Uranus is −197 °C (−322.6 °F; 76.1 K) near the top of its atmosphere, but its small solid core (about 55% the mass of Earth) is probably about 4,730 °C (8,540 °F; 5,000 K).
  The planet is tilted on its axis so much that it is sideways. It has five big moons, many small ones, and a small system of 13 planetary rings.
  The distance between Uranus and the Sun is about 2.8 billion km.  Uranus completes its orbit  around the Sun in 84 earth years. It completes a spin around itself in 17 hours and 14 minutes. This means there are about 43,000 Uranian days in one Uranian year.
  Uranus was discovered in 1781.  This planet can be seen with the naked eye under perfect conditions.  John Flamsteed saw it decades earlier but mistook it for a star (34 Tauri).
  Uranus is named after the Greek god Uranus, who was a god of sky.
caption: Photographed by Voyager 2 in 1986
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