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Uranus was originally called "George's Star" (Georgium Sidus).♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE -
The summer in Uranus is42 years long.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Uranus has the coldest planetary atmosphere in the Solar System, with a minimum temperature of -371.56 °F (−224 °C).♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Uranus' axis of rotation is tilted sideways, so its north and south poles lie where most other planets have their equators.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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63 Earths can fit inside Uranus.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Uranus is the third-largest planet in the Solar System.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Uranus orbits the Sun at a distance of about 2.8 billion km (1.7 billion mi) and completes one orbit every 84 years.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Uranus was the first planet discovered with a telescope.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The wind speedson Uranuscan reach560 mph (900 km/h).♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Uranus rotates sideways and "rolls" around the sun rather than "spinning" like the other planets.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Neptune was mathematically predicted before it was directly observed, based on the orbit of Uranus.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There's a moon named Cupid that orbits Uranus.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The chemical element Uranium, discovered in 1789, was named after the newly discovered planet Uranus.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Uranus' moons are named after characters from the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Uranushas onlytwo seasons:Summer and Winter.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Jupiter has 67 moons, Saturn has 62, Uranus 27, Neptune 14, Mars 2 and Earth just one.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Our exploration of Uranus has been entirely through the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1985 and 86, with no other visits currently planned.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The surface gravities of Venus, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are all quite similar (within 15%) to Earth's.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, Uranus is literally translated as the "sky king star."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Uranus is the only planet whose name is derived from a figure from Greek mythology, the Latinized version of the Greek god of the sky Ouranos.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
