Paragraph on “Uranus- The Seventh Planet ” complete paragraph for Class 9, Class 10, Class 11 and Class 12
Uranus- The Seventh Planet
Uranus was discovered by William Herschel in the year 1781. Herschel built the largest telescope of that age to do so. Located at about 2890 million kilometres from the Sun, Uranus is the seventh planet in our Solar system. Third largest in size, Uranus has a diameter of 51,118 kilometres and it is about 15 times the size of Earth but has a surface gravity of only 0.93 as compared to Earth. Uranus takes 17 hours to spin on its axis and about 84 years to complete one revolution around the Sun. Uranus has a solid core made up of metal which is surrounded by ice and gases like Hydrogen, Methane, Helium etc. The surface temperature is as low as —214° centigrade. Besides Venus, Uranus is the only planet which does not rotate like the other planets in the Solar system, it is tilted and it rotates on its side. Uranus has its own family which comprises of 15 moons.
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