planet · the Solar System
Uranus
A pale cyan ice giant that rolls around the Sun on its side.
- Type
- Planet
- Orbits
- the Sun
- Distance
- in the Solar System
- Diameter
- about 50,724 km
About Uranus
- Its axis is tilted by about 98 degrees, so it rolls around the Sun on its side.
- Only one spacecraft has ever visited: Voyager 2, in 1986.
- A season on Uranus lasts about 21 Earth years.
Visit Uranus in VR
In IKAREE, Uranus is one of 31 destinations modelled in detail. Sit in the captain's chair, give the order and watch it grow on the main viewscreen. Then send a survey probe and ride its camera down, or ask your science officer what the sensors show.
How to get there
- CaptainHelm, set a course for Uranus. Full impulse.
- Brooks · HelmCourse laid in for Uranus, Captain.
- CaptainScience, full analysis of Uranus.
- Hart · ScienceRunning it now, Captain.
