Uranus Data

(The second value represents the quantity as a fraction of the terrestrial value.)

Bulk parameters

Mass                          86.83e24 kg         14.536
GM                             5.794e6 km3/s2     14.536
Equatorial radius               25,559 km          4.007
Polar radius                    24,973 km          3.929
Flattening                   22.927e-3             6.76
Mean density                     1,318 kg/m3       0.239
Moment of inertia coefficient    0.225             0.680
J2                               12e-3            11.1
Surface gravity                   8.69 m/s2        0.889
Escape velocity                   21.3 km/s        1.903

Orbital parameters

Semimajor axis                2.8696e9 km         19.182
Sidereal period               30,685.4 d          84.011
Tropical period             30,588.740 d          83.749
Eccentricity                   0.04724             2.829
Inclination                      0.773 deg
Synodic period                  369.66 d
Mean orbital velocity             5.48 km/s        0.184

Radiative properties

Bond albedo                       0.90             2.338
Visual geometric albedo           0.51             1.390
Visual magnitude V(1,0)          -7.19
Solar irradiance                  3.71 W/m2        0.0027
Black-body temperature            35.9 K           0.145

Spin properties*

Epoch                           1994.0
North pole (RA and Dec)         257.34 deg / -15.09 deg
Obliquity                        97.86 deg
Argument of prime meridian      277.31 deg at epoch
Sidereal rotation rate    -501.1600928 deg/d
Sidereal rotation period        17.240 h
* Magnetic coordinates (as determined by the Voyager 2 Radio Science experiment)

Uranian Magnetosphere

Dipole strength                  0.228 gauss-Ru3
Dipole tilt to spin axis          58.6 deg
Dipole offset                      0.3 Ru, along the rotation axis
Note: Ru denotes Uranian radii, here defined to be 25,600 km

Uranian Atmosphere

Surface pressure                 >>100 bars
Average temperature                ~58 K
Temperature at 1 bar               ~76 K
Density at 1 bar                 ~0.42 kg/m3
Wind speeds                   0 to 200 m/s
Scale height                      27.7 km
Mean molecular weight             2.64 g/mole
Composition:
  Hydrogen       (H2)     89%
  Helium         (He)     11%
  Methane        (CH4)    ? ppm
Aerosols:  Ammonia ice; water ice; ammonia hydrosulfide; methane ice (?)

Osculating Orbital Elements

Epoch                     JD 2449360.5
Mean distance                   19.249 AU
Eccentricity                    0.0469
Inclination                       0.77 deg
Longitude of ascending node      74.05 deg
Longitude of perihelion         174.63 deg
Mean longitude at epoch         287.46 deg

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