Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
Uranus |
| Object Description: |
Planet |
| Dimensions: |
The planet has a diameter of roughly 32,000 miles (26,000 km) at the equator. |
| Average Distance |
The semi-major axis of Uranus's orbit about the Sun is 19.18 astronomical units or roughly 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion km). |
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| About the Data |
| Instrument: |
NICMOS |
| Exposure Date(s): |
August 8, 1998 |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona) |
| Release Date: |
January 6, 1999 |
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