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Uranus is the second biggest planet in our solar system. Uranus is the first planet we discovered since the existence of the telescope. Here are some facts: The distance to the sun is 2,874 billion km. The diameter is 51.118 km. One year lasts 84,07 earth years and one day lasts 17 hours and 14 minutes. And the average temperature is -210°C. This are the Uranus moons: Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Miranda, Puck, Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, Perdita, Trinculo, Ferdinand, Francisco, Margaret, Mab and Cupid. From the earth you can alsmost not see Uranus, but still a little. With a telescope you can see it better but also only as

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