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Kuatbaca.com-Uranus is the second planet farthest from the sun. Despite being billions of kilometers from the sun, Uranus has unusually cold temperatures.
As the coldest planet in the solar system, Uranus holds the record for the coldest temperature ever measured in the solar system, which is minus 224 degrees Celsius, according to NASA.
1. Distance from Earth to Uranus
To determine how far Earth is from Uranus, it is necessary to consider each planet’s position with respect to its orbit with respect to the Sun.
The closest distance between Earth and Uranus is when the positions of these two planets are opposite each other. This opposition occurs when the Earth moves between an outer planet, such as Uranus, and the sun.
At its closest, Uranus can be about 2.6 billion kilometers from Earth. It is almost twice as far from the next planet, Saturn, even at its closest approach to Earth.
Meanwhile, at its farthest point, in solar conjunction, Uranus can be about 3.2 billion kilometers from Earth. This occurs when the planets are on different sides of the sun from each other.
2. Journey to Uranus
So far there’s only been one mission to visit Uranus, and that’s been a short one.
Voyager 2 is a spacecraft that has visited Uranus, on its way around the outer solar system.
The Voyager 2 probe was launched on August 20, 1977 and reached its closest approach to Uranus 3080 days (8 years, 5 months, 5 days) later, on January 24, 1986 to be precise.
At its closest approach, Voyager 2 was 81,500 km from Uranus, before it flew further into the outer solar system.
3. Facts-facts Planet Uranus
Following are the facts about Planet Uranus, as reported by Solar System Exploration NASA:
1. The first planet discovered with the help of a telescope
Uranus was discovered in 1781 by astronomer William Herschel, although initially Herschel thought Uranus was a comet or a star.
Two years later, the object is universally accepted as a new planet, due in part to the observations of astronomer Johann Elert Bode.
The scientific community also accepted Bode’s suggestion to name it Uranus, after the Greek god of the sky.
2. A very large planet
Uranus is about four times wider than Earth. For comparison, if Earth were a large apple, Uranus would be the size of a basketball.
3. The seventh planet from the Sun
Like the other planets in the solar system, Uranus orbits the Sun and is the seventh planet from the Sun. Uranus is about 2.9 billion km from the sun.
3. Have a short day
Uranus takes about 17 hours to rotate once (one Uranian day), and about 84 Earth years to complete an orbit of the Sun (one Uranian year).
4. Have many moons
Uranus has 27 currently known moons. Uranus’ moons are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.
5. Have a ring
Not only Saturn, Uranus also has rings. Currently, Uranus has 13 known rings. Uranus’ inner ring is narrow and dark, while its outer ring is brightly colored.
2023-08-20 08:14:20
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