Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
Uranus |
| Object Description: |
Planet |
| Distance: |
The semi-major axis of Uranus's orbit about the sun is 19.18
Astronomical Units (A.U.) or roughly 2.9 billion km. |
| Dimensions: |
Uranus (without rings) has a diameter of roughly 32,000 miles (51,000 km) at the equator. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
10473: M. Showalter (SETI Institute) and J. Lissauer (NASA Ames Research Center) |
| Instrument: |
ACS/HRC |
| Exposure Date(s): |
August 2005 |
| Total Exposure Time: |
3.7 hours |
| Filters: |
Clear, F330W (U), F475W (g), F606W (V), F814W (I) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, and M. Showalter (SETI Institute) |
| Release Date: |
December 22, 2005 |
| Orientation: |
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