Rotating on an axis tilted 98 degrees, Uranus resembles Neptune in colour. Its atmosphere, like Neptun's, contains methene, which absorbs red wavelengths of sunlight, resulting in a greenish blue color. Narrow rings are probably held in place by tiny moons. Of the planet's satelites's, Miranda is one of the oddest objects in the solar system. Deep scars and a jumbled surface indicate that Miranda may have been shattered by collisions and then reassembled under the force of gravity.
Satelites/Moons:15 in total: Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon .
DISTANCE FROM SUN:2,870,000,000 km.
REVOLUTION AROUND SUN:84 years.
ROTATION:17.2 hours.
DIAMETER:51,300 km.
DENSITY:1.3 * that of water.
MASS:14.4 * that of Earth.
SURFACE TEMPERATURE:minus 200 C at cloud tops.
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