Guide Note:Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and is the farthest planet that is visible to the naked eye. In Mythology, Uranus is known as the god of the sky.
Fast Facts:
- Discovered in 1781 by William Herschel
- Diameter: 31,763 miles, 4.1 times that of the Earth
- Mass is 14.5 times that of the Earth
- Distance from the sun: 2.87 billion kilometers (1.78 billion miles)
- Uranus is thought to have more than 27 satellites (moons)
- Uranus faint planetary ring system is composed mainly of dark particulate matter and ice boulders
