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The body of liquid on Uranus accounts for most of the planets volume. The atmosphere of Uranus, which contains hydrogen, helium, and trace amounts of methane extends about 3,100 miles above the planets ocean. The atmosphere of Uranus is relatively calm and inactive, with few clouds or storms.Uranus - Uranus 2,870,990,000 km (19.218 AU) from the Sun, Uranus hangs on the wall of space as a mysterious blue green planet. With a mass of 8.683e25 kg and a diameter of 51,118 km at the equator, Uranus is the third largest planet in our solar system.Many planets in our solar system have natural satellites called the moon. While Earth has one moon, Mars has two, Neptune has 14 moons, Uranus has 27 moons, Saturn has 62 moons and Jupiter has as many as 79 moons. Even the dwarf planet Pluto has 5 moons. Mercury and Venus, on the other hand, do not have any moon.
This flyby remains the only investigation of Uranus carried out from a short distance and no other visits are planned. Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Uranus on 24 January 1986, coming within 81,500 km (50,600 mi) of the cloudtops, before continuing its journey to Neptune.Uranus has an equatorial diameter of 51,000 Km, which is almost four times as much as Earth. The atmosphere is made up of mostly methane gas and therefore the planet has a red tint or a bluefish green color. Uranus also has rings but unlike Saturn these rings have almost no small particles.
The inside of Uranus is believed to contain two layers which are the core and a mantle. Scientists think that the core is mostly made up of rock and ice and the mantle is around 13.3 times the mass of the Earth and made up of water, ammonia, and other elements.
