It has 27 satellites, a ring system, and an axis of rotation almost lying in the plane of the orbit. Mean distance from sun: 2870 million km; period of revolution around sun: 84 years; period of axial rotation: 17.23 hours; diameter and mass: 4 and 14.5 times that of earth ...
Rotational period (hours) -17.9 Orbital period (years) 84.01 Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) 6.81 Orbital eccentricity 0.0461 Tilt of axis (degrees) 97.86 Orbital inclination (degrees) 0.774 Equatorial surface gravity (m/sec^2) 7.77 Equatorial escape velocity (km/sec) 21.30 Visual geometric albedo...
Uranus' magnetic field is odd for it is not centered on the center of the planet and is tilted almost 60¡ from the axis of rotation. It is probably generated by motion at relatively shallow depths within Uranus. Neptune has a similarly displaced magnetic field, which suggests the magnetic ...
Fast Rotation: Uranus has a rotation period of almost 17 hours and 14 minutes. This means that a day on Uranus lasts 17 hours and 14 minutes. The unusual tilt of the axis of rotation of Uranus has consequences on its rotation. At certain times of the Uranian year, one of the planet'...
Fact 24.The magnetic field of the planet is not centered at the center but it is tiled almost sixty degrees relative to the axis of rotation. This is generated by the motion at shallow depths within Uranus. Fact 25.Uranus has at-least twenty-seven (27) moons. ...
Uranus’ equatorial plane, which means it rotates perpendicular to the Sun. This means that its northern and southern hemispheres face either directly towards the Sun or away from it at the solstices, which results in an extreme seasonal cycle of permanent day or night for a period of 42 ...
rotation period (magnetic field)17 hr 14 min (retrograde) inclination of equator to orbit97.8° magnetic field strength at equator0.23 gauss tilt angle of magnetic axis58.6° offset of magnetic axis0.31 of Uranus's radius number of known moons27 ...
Subsequent direct measurements of the field showed that it is tilted at an angle of 58.6° relative to the rotation axis and that it turns with the same 17.24-hour period. Because the field is thought to be generated in the electrically conducting interior of the planet, the 17.24-hour ...
rotation period (magnetic field)17 hr 14 min (retrograde) inclination of equator to orbit97.8° magnetic field strength at equator0.23 gauss tilt angle of magnetic axis58.6° offset of magnetic axis0.31 of Uranus's radius number of known moons27 ...
rotation period (magnetic field) 17 hr 14 min (retrograde) inclination of equator to orbit 97.8° magnetic field strength at equator 0.23 gauss tilt angle of magnetic axis 58.6° offset of magnetic axis 0.31 of Uranus's radius number of known moons 27 planetary ring system 13 known ...