Dawnie+Planet+Uranus

Planet Uranus was discovered by William Herschel, in 1781. It is the 7th from the Sun and lies 2 870 990 000 kilometres from the Sun (1,782 ,880, 000 miles)

Uranus is one of the 4 Gas Giants - the largest 4 planets, the outer 4 planets, and the planets that are full of gas. From the word 'giant' you can already work out that these planets are very large indeed, and I will tell you it's size. (Actually, I mean only Uranus' size.) Uranus is the third largest planet in the Solar Sysetem, after Jupiter and Saturn. Uranus' diameter is 51 118 kilometres (31 744 miles).

Uranus orbits the Sun once every 84.01 Earth years and rotates on its axis once every 17.24 Earth hours. Compared to other planets, Uranus is lying on its side, with it's axis tilted over by 97.9 degrees, almost completely horizotal! Each season on Uranus lasts 21 years! Imagine 21 years of brutal hot summer! Woah, I couldn't stand that!

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