Intergalactic Planetary

Planet Size (Diameter)

31 518 miles

Distance from Sun

1 895 442 152 miles

Year Length

30687 days

Planet Type

Ice Giant

Atmosphere

Uranus has an atmosphere mostly composed of hydrogen and helium, with trace amounts of methane, water, and ammonia. Its atmosphere can allow some spots of Uranus to be even colder than Neptune.

Uranus orbits the sun on its side

Uranus was the first planet discovered in the modern age, observed in 1781

All of its moons are named after various works of the playwrite William Shakespeare

NAME:

Ariel

SIZE:

719 miles

HISTORY OF NAME

Ariel is named after the character in Shakespeare's "The Tempest". In "The Tempest" Ariel serves a magician named Prospero as a spirit.

NAME:

Cupid

SIZE:

11 miles

HISTORY OF NAME

Cupid is named after the Roman god of love who appears in Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens".

NAME:

Francisco

SIZE:

22 miles

HISTORY OF NAME

Francisco was named after a character in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" who was a nobleman that got shipwrecked along with King Alonso.

NAME:

Miranda

SIZE:

310 miles

HISTORY OF NAME

Miranda is named after Prospero's daughter in Shakespeare's play "The Tempest".

NAME:

Oberon

SIZE:

946 miles

HISTORY OF NAME

Oberon is named after the king of fairies in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

NAME:

Prospero

SIZE:

31 miles

HISTORY OF NAME

Prospero is named after the sorcerer of the same name in Shakespeare's "The Tempest".

NAME:

Rosalind

SIZE:

44 miles

HISTORY OF NAME

Rosalind is named after the daughter of a Duke in Shakespeare's "As You Like It".

NAME:

Sycorax

SIZE:

93 miles

HISTORY OF NAME

Sycorax was named after the witch mother of Caliban in Shakespeare's play "The Tempest".

NAME:

Titania

SIZE:

979 miles

HISTORY OF NAME

Titania is named after the queen of fairies in Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

NAME:

Umbriel

SIZE:

750 miles

HISTORY OF NAME

Umbriel is named after an evil spirit found in Alexander Pope's poem "The Rape of Lock".

Uranus

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