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Uranus
Ice Giant · 28 moons
A pale cyan giant tipped on its side, Uranus rolls through its orbit at a 98° tilt — each pole spends 42 years in sunlight, then 42 in darkness.
19.2 AU from the Sun
Ice Giant · 28 moons
Did You Know
- ◆Uranus rotates on its side — likely knocked over by an ancient impact.
- ◆It was the first planet discovered with a telescope (1781).
- ◆Its blue-green hue comes from methane in the upper atmosphere.