Uranus

Uranus rotates at a nearly 90-degree angle from the plane of its orbit.

Uranus was the first planet found with the aid of a telescope. It was discovered in 1781 by astronomer William Herschel, although he originally thought it was either a comet or a star.

Uranus has 28 known moons.

From an average distance of 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometers), Uranus is about 19 astronomical units away from the Sun.

Uranus makes a complete orbit around the Sun (a year in Uranian time) in about 84 Earth years (30,687 Earth days).

Uranus is one of two ice giants in the outer solar system (the other is Neptune).

The ice giant is surrounded by 13 faint rings and 28 small moons.

Uranus is the only planet whose equator is nearly at a right angle to its orbit, with a tilt of 97.77 degrees.

the planet was named for Uranus, the Greek god of the sky, as suggested by Johann Bode.

Uranus' atmosphere is mostly hydrogen and helium, with a small amount of methane and traces of water and ammonia.

An ice giant that rotates almost on its side, with an axial tilt of about 98 degrees, likely the result of an ancient collision.

Uranus makes a complete orbit around the Sun (a year in Uranian time) in about 84 Earth years (30,687 Earth days).

It is the second least dense planet; Saturn is the least dense of all.

It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant.

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun.

Its orbital period is around 13.5 days, coincident with its rotational period.

Among Uranus's five major moons, Ariel is the second closest to the planet, orbiting at the distance of about 190,000 km.

Umbriel orbits Uranus at the distance of about 266,000 km (165,000 mi), being the third farthest from the planet among its five major moons.