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Rotation period (days.hours.min.secs)
17h.4m
Orbital period
(days/years)
84.01y
Orbital speed (miles/km per
sec.)
4.2/6.8
Inclination
0.77 degree

Temperature (F degree/C
degree)
-366/-221
Gravity force (% or X
Earth)
91%
Escape velocity (miles/km per
second)
13.0/21.0

Satellites
At least 21.
Special
Features
Extreme axial tilt; ring system

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of Uranus
reveals the planet's rings, at least 5 of the inner moons, and the bright
clouds in the planet's southern hemisphere. Each of the inner moons
appears as a string of 3 dots in this photograph, it being a composite of
3 images, taken about 6 minutes apart. When these images are combined,
they show a motion of the moons compared to the sky background. Because
the moons move much more rapidly than our moon, there is an obvious change
in position after only a few minutes.
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