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Orbital Characteristics of Uranus

Elementos orbitales

Perihelio: 2,748,938,461 km, 18.37551863 AE
Afelio: 3,004,419,704 km, 20.08330526 AE
Semieje mayor: 2,876,679,082 km, 19.22941195 AE
Excentricidad: 0.044405586
Período orbital sideral: 30,799.095 dias, 84.323326 años
Período orbital sinódico: 369.66 dias
Velocidad orbital media: 6.81 km/s
Anomalía media: 142.955717°
Inclinación: 0.772 556°
Longitud del nodo ascendente: 73.989821°
Argumento del perihelio: 96.541 318°

Satélites: 27 (Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Mab, Belinda, Perdita, Puck, Cupid, Miranda, Francisco, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Sycorax, Margaret, Prospero, Setebos, Ferdinand)



Physical Characteristics of Uranus

Características físicas

Radio ecuatorial: 25,559 km (4.007 x Tierra)
Achatamiento: 0.0229 ± 0.0008
Área de superficie: 8.1156×109 km2 (15.91 x Tierra)
Volumen: 6.833×1013 km3 (63.086 x Tierra)
Masa: 8.6823×1025 kg (14.536 x Tierra)
Densidad: 1.27 g/cm3
Gravedad: 8.69 m/s2
Velocidad de escape: 21.3 km/s
Sidereal rotation period: -0.71833 day Earth days, 17 h 14 min 24 s Earth hours
Inclinación axial: 97.77°
Albedo: 0.51
Temperatura media superficial: 57 K, -216 °C, -357 °F
Magnitud aparente: 5.9 to 5.32
Diámetro angular: 3.3"–4.1"


The Atmosphere of Uranus

La Atmósfera

Composición:
  • 82.5% Hydrogen (H2)
  • 15.2% Helium
  • 2.3% Methane (CH4)
  • 148ppm Hydrogen Deuteride (HD)



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