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Uranus
Apparent Magnitude: 5.38  to 6.03
Aphelion (Furthest) 1,869,339,308 miles (20.11 AU)
Perihelion (Nearest) 1,703,880,000 miles (18.33 AU)

Orbital period 84.0205 yr
Length of Day 0d 17h 14m

Known satellites 27 (as of 2019)

Surface area 15.91 Earths
Volume 63.086 Earths
Mass 14.536 Earths
Surface gravity 0.886 g


Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both have bulk chemical compositions which differ from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn.


Taken 9/25/19 in Kenton, Oklahoma by Russell Kille on a Celestron C14 Edge HD SCT at f/7.7 and ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera.

 


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