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Robert TG
December 31st, 2006, 07:35 PM
This is a general information thread on the Planet Uranus.

Please feel free to add some facts or questions about this Planet.


Uranus is a Gas Giant planet with a diameter of 51,118 km.

Uranus orbits at an average distance of 2,870 Million Kilometers from the Sun.

Uranus is tipped over on it's side, rolling along as it orbits the sun.

Uranus has a ring system.


There are a lot more facts about Uranus...please add a few. :yesplease:

Radar
January 1st, 2007, 03:43 PM
I imagine that Uranus was hit by something quite large to be orbiting on it's side. The ring system is probably evidence of the collision. Whatever hit it, would have had to of been at least 100 times the size of Earth.