Amazing Facts about Planet Uranus in English
There is a lot to know about the planet Uranus, which is also called Arun Graha in Hindi. Along with being the coldest planet in the solar system, it is also the first planet discovered in the modern era.
20 interesting facts about Arun (planet Uranus)
1. Uranus is the seventh planet in terms of distance from the Sun, its distance from the Sun is about 280 crore KM.
2. The planet Uranus was discovered before the continent of Antarctica.
3. Uranus is the first planet discovered in the modern era. It was discovered by ‘William Herschel’ of Germany on March 13, 1781. He is also known for the discovery of infrared rays.
4. Uranus is named after the Greek god Uranus, who is believed to be the father of Saturn.
5. The summer season on Uranus is 42 years long.
6. Uranus is the coldest planet in the solar system, the lowest temperature recorded here is -224°C.
7. Uranus is the third-widest planet in our solar system with a diameter of 51,118 KM, 4 times wider than Earth.
8. If seen in terms of volume, Uranus is so big that 63 Earths can fit in it.
20 interesting facts about Arun (planet Uranus) in English
9. One year (time for one revolution around the Sun) on the planet Uranus is equal to 84 Earth years, and one day (time for one revolution around the axis) on the planet Uranus is equal to 17 hours and 14 minutes of the Earth.
10. The wind speed on the planet Uranus can reach up to 900 km/h, which is much faster than any tornado on Earth.
11. Just as Earth has one satellite, the Moon, Uranus has 27 satellites and 13 rings.
12. All the planets in the solar system rotate from west to east, but Venus and Uranus are the two planets that rotate from east to west.
13. The Sun’s rays take 2 hours 40 minutes to reach Uranus, which is 20 times more than the Earth.
14. The weight of the planet Uranus is 86,810,300,000,000,000 billion kg, which is 14 times more than the weight of the Earth.
15. The force of gravity on the planet Uranus is slightly less than that on Earth, understand it this way, with the same force with which you jump 10 feet on Earth, you will jump 11 feet on Uranus and if your weight on Earth is 100 kg. So on Uranus there would be 92 kg.
20 Amazing Facts about Planet Uranus in English
16. Uranus is also known as the ‘ice giant’ planet because it is mainly made of different types of ice. Its atmosphere contains 82.5% hydrogen, 15.2% helium and 2.3% methane. Because of this 2% methane, we see the blue color of Uranus.
17. Due to the presence of methane, temperature and air pressure, scientists believe that it may rain diamonds on the planet Uranus.
18. An interesting thing is that the names of all the 27 moons of the planet Uranus are taken from the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.
19. Till now only one spacecraft, NASA’s ‘Voyager 2′ has been able to reach the planet Uranus. It was launched on August 20, 1977 and reached there on January 24, 1986. It orbited 81,000 kilometers above Uranus’ surface, discovered its 11 small moons, and sent back thousands of photographs of Uranus, its moons and rings.
20. The substance Uranium is named after the planet Uranus.