![thumb|Uranus on 1986-01-23, taken by NASA's Voyager 2 probe. This color image was composed of three frames, orange, green, and blue, taken by Voyager 2's imaging system. This color image has been calibrated to best represent Uranus's true color and appearance. Based on: Irwin, Patrick G J (2023-12-23).<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uranus_Voyager2_color_calibrated.png wiki]</ref> [[Uranus](/index.php/File:Uranus_Voyager2_color_calibrated.png){kind=link}
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[[File:Uranus Voyager2 color calibrated.png|thumb|Uranus on 1986-01-23, taken by NASA's Voyager 2 probe. This color image was composed of three frames, orange, green, and blue, taken by Voyager 2's imaging system. This color image has been calibrated to best represent Uranus's true color and appearance. Based on: Irwin, Patrick G J (2023-12-23).<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uranus_Voyager2_color_calibrated.png wiki]</ref> | [[File:Uranus Voyager2 color calibrated.png|thumb|Uranus on 1986-01-23, taken by NASA's Voyager 2 probe. This color image was composed of three frames, orange, green, and blue, taken by Voyager 2's imaging system. This color image has been calibrated to best represent Uranus's true color and appearance. Based on: Irwin, Patrick G J (2023-12-23).<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uranus_Voyager2_color_calibrated.png wiki]</ref>]] | ||
[[Uranus]] is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical phase of matter, which in astronomy is called 'ice' or volatiles. The planet's atmosphere has a complex layered cloud structure and has the lowest minimum temperature of 49 K (−224 °C; −371 °F) out of all the Solar System's planets. It has a marked axial tilt of 82.23° with a retrograde rotation rate of 17 hours. This means that in an 84-Earth-year orbital period around the Sun, its poles get around 42 years of continuous sunlight, followed by 42 years of continuous darkness. | [[Uranus]] is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical phase of matter, which in astronomy is called 'ice' or volatiles. The planet's atmosphere has a complex layered cloud structure and has the lowest minimum temperature of 49 K (−224 °C; −371 °F) out of all the Solar System's planets. It has a marked axial tilt of 82.23° with a retrograde rotation rate of 17 hours. This means that in an 84-Earth-year orbital period around the Sun, its poles get around 42 years of continuous sunlight, followed by 42 years of continuous darkness. | ||