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Uranus is the 7th planet from the [[Sun]]. It has at least 27 natural satellites.
 
  
see also: Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Uranus]
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Uranus
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:UranusScrshot.jpg|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Uranus in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9'''
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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|Name||align="right"|Uranus
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|[[Sun]]
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|width="30%"|Number of satellites||align="right" width="30%"|
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|J2000 (1 January 2000)
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|2.87097222×10<sup>12 m (19.19126393 AU)
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.04716771
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|0.76986° <br> (0.01343659 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|74.22988° <br> (1.295558 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|170.96424° <br> (2.983889 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|313.23218° <br> (5.4669329 radian)
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary orbital element centennial rates
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|0.00152025 AU/Century
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="50%"|-0.00019150 Century<sup>-1</sup>
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|-2.09 seconds/Century
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|-1681.40 seconds/Century
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|1312.56 seconds/Century
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|1542547.79 seconds/Century
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|25362.0±12 km
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|8.6832054×10<sup>25</sup> kg
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|width="30%"|Density||align="right" width="30%"|1.318 g/cm<sup>3</sup>
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|width="30%"|Sidereal rotation period||align="right" width="30%"|-62064 (retrograde) (17.24±0.01 hours)
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|width="30%"|Obliquity|align="right" width="30%"|1.4346
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|width="30%"|LAN|align="right" width="30%"|2.9255
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|width="30%"|Sidereal orbit period||align="right" width="30%"|83.747407 years
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|width="30%"|Magnitude V(1,0)||align="right" width="30%"|-7.19
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|width="30%"|Geometric albedo||align="right" width="30%"|0.51
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|width="30%"|Equatorial gravity||align="right" width="30%"|8.69±0.001 m/s<sup>2</sup>
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|width="30%"|Escape velocity||align="right" width="30%"|21.3 km/s
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements
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|width="30%"|North pole right ascension (α)||align="right" width="30%"|259.29°
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|width="30%"|North pole declination (δ)||align="right" width="30%"|-15.09°
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|width="30%"|Obliqutiy of ecliptic||align="right" width="30%"|82.19°
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|width="30%"|Longitude of Sun's transit||align="right" width="30%"|167.62°
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Atmospheric parameters
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|width="30%"|Surface Pressure||align="right" width="30%"|>>10<sup>4</sup> kPa
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|width="30%"|Surface Density||align="right" width="30%"|~0.42 kg/m<sup>3</sup> at 1 bar
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|width="30%"|Scale height||align="right" width="30%"|27.7 km
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|width="30%"|Average temperature||align="right" width="30%"|~58 K
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|width="30%"|Wind speeds||align="right" width="30%"|0.200 m/s
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Ecliptic position from primary*
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Orbiter.pdf (2016)
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Go to [[:Category:Addons for Uranus|Addons for Uranus]]
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'''Uranus''' is the 7th planet from the [[Sun]], the third largest in diameter, and the fourth largest in mass. The planet boasts a ring system and 28 known satellites.  [[w:William Herschel|William Herschel]] discovered Uranus on 13 March 1781, although he thought it was a comet for some time. Later, it was realized that it was observed several times by others, but, not recognized as a planet. It is just barely visible in a dark sky. Uranus is unique in that the polar axis is tilted some 97° to it's orbit.
  
==Natural satellites==
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== Uranus in Orbiter ==
* [[Miranda]]
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Uranus has been a part of [[Orbiter]] since the beginning with the release of Orbiter 2001. In Orbiter 2002, the orbital parameters of Uranus was moved to Vsop87.dll. The add-on ''uranus.zip'' included storm patterns on the Uranus visuals.
* [[Ariel]]
 
* [[Umbriel]]
 
* [[Titania]]
 
* [[Oberon]]
 
  
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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Uranus'''</center>
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!Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2016-torrent-files.5427/ Orbiter 2016 - torrent files]||O-F Resources||2016||martins||Orbiter Download||23 August 2016||Orbiter 2016||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2016-core-msi-exe-edition.5426/ Orbiter 2016 Core - MSI / EXE edition]||O-F Resources||2016||martins||Orbiter Download||23 August 2016||Orbiter 2016||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2016-core-zip-edition.5425/ Orbiter 2016 Core - ZIP edition]||O-F Resources||2016||martins||Orbiter download||23 August 2016||Orbiter 2016||
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|[http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/download.html Orbiter core package download]<br>(The actual download page for Orbiter 2016)||Orbiter download page||Orbiter 2016||martins||Orbiter download||23 August 2016||Orbiter 2016||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/celestial-bodies-motion-part-1-4-v2-0-0.132/ Celestial Bodies Motion - Part 1/4 - v2.0.0]||O-F Resources||v2.0.0||cristiapi||Scenery||2 July 2015||*module only||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2010-p1.5428/ Orbiter 2010-P1]||O-F Resources||100830||martins||Orbiter Download||30 August 2010||Orbiter 2010-P1||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2010.5429/ Orbiter 2010]||O-F Resources||100606||martins||Orbiter Download||5 June 2010||Orbiter 2010||
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|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=outer_planets-060929-base.zip&Author=&CatID=root The Outer Planets 060929 Base]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel<br>Carl Romanik<br>Tony Dunn||Scenery||30 September 2006||Orbiter 2006-P1||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2006-p1.5430/ Orbiter 2006-P1]||O-F Resources||060929||martins||Orbiter Download||29 September 2006||Orbiter 2006-P1||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2006.5431/ Orbiter 2006]||O-F Resources||060504||martins||Orbiter Download||4 May 2006||Orbiter 2006||
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|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=outerplanets-050329_update.zip&Author=&CatID=root The Outer Planets 050329 Update]||AVSIM||050329||Rolf Keibel<br>Tony Dunn<br>Carl Romanik||Scenery||30 March 2005||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/2005-with-p1-patch-files.5432/ 2005 (with P1 patch files)]||O-F Resources||050216||martins||Orbiter Download||16 February 2005||Orbiter 2005||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2003-p2.5433/ Orbiter 2003-P2]||O-F Resources||031217||martins||Orbiter Download||17 December 2003||Orbiter 2003-P2||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2003-p1.5434/ Orbiter 2003-P1]||O-F Resources||031105||martins||Orbiter Download||5 November 2003||Orbiter 2003-P1|
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|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=uranus-neptune_ii.zip&Author=&CatID=root Uranus-Neptune II]||AVSIM||||Rolf B Keibel||Scenery||6 March 2003||||
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|[https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=uranus.zip&Author=&CatID=root Uranus]||AVSIM||||Rolf Keibel||Scenery||5 November 2002||||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2002.5436/ Orbiter 2002]||O-F Resources||020419||martins||Orbiter Download||19 April 2002||Orbiter 2002||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2001.5437/ Orbiter 2001]||O-F Resources||010503||martins||Orbiter Download||3 May 2001||Orbiter 2001||
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== See also ==
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[[w:Uranus|Uranus]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
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<gallery widths="100" heights="100">
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UranusOrbiter2001.jpg|<center>Uranus in Orbiter 2001</center>
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UranusOrbiter2002.jpg|<center>Uranus in Orbiter 2002</center>
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Uranus-uranuszip.jpg|<center>Uranus with Storms from ''uranus.zip'' installed</center>
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Uranus-orbiter2002p3.jpg|<center>Uranus in Orbiter 2002P3</center>
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Uranus-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|<center>Uranus in Orbiter 2003P2</center>
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Uranus-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>Uranus in Orbiter 2005P1</center>
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Uranus-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|<center>Uranus in Orbiter 2006P1</center>
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Uranus-Orbiter2010P1-Orbiter2010P1.jpg|<center>Uranus in Orbiter 2010P1</center>
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UranusScrshot.jpg|<center>Uranus in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9</center>
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Uranus Voyager2 color calibrated.png|<center>Uranus as seen by the [[w:Voyager 2|Voyager 2]] spacecraft on 23 January 1986<br>from Wikimedia Commons<center>
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Uranus
UranusScrshot.jpg
Uranus in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9
Designation
Name Uranus
Reference body Sun
Number of satellites
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch J2000 (1 January 2000)
Semimajor axis (a) 2.87097222×1012 m (19.19126393 AU)
Eccentricity (e) 0.04716771
Inclination (i) 0.76986°
(0.01343659 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 74.22988°
(1.295558 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 170.96424°
(2.983889 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 313.23218°
(5.4669329 radian)
Planetary orbital element centennial rates
Semimajor axis (a) 0.00152025 AU/Century
Eccentricity (e) -0.00019150 Century-1
Inclination (i) -2.09 seconds/Century
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) -1681.40 seconds/Century
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 1312.56 seconds/Century
Mean longitude (L) 1542547.79 seconds/Century
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 25362.0±12 km
Mass 8.6832054×1025 kg
Density 1.318 g/cm3
Sidereal rotation period -62064 (retrograde) (17.24±0.01 hours)
Obliquity|align="right" width="30%"|1.4346
LAN|align="right" width="30%"|2.9255
Sidereal orbit period 83.747407 years
Magnitude V(1,0) -7.19
Geometric albedo 0.51
Equatorial gravity 8.69±0.001 m/s2
Escape velocity 21.3 km/s
Rotation elements
North pole right ascension (α) 259.29°
North pole declination (δ) -15.09°
Obliqutiy of ecliptic 82.19°
Longitude of Sun's transit 167.62°
Atmospheric parameters
Surface Pressure >>104 kPa
Surface Density ~0.42 kg/m3 at 1 bar
Scale height 27.7 km
Average temperature ~58 K
Wind speeds 0.200 m/s
Ecliptic position from primary*
Note *Elements given are from Orbiter.pdf (2016)

Uranus is the 7th planet from the Sun, the third largest in diameter, and the fourth largest in mass. The planet boasts a ring system and 28 known satellites. William Herschel discovered Uranus on 13 March 1781, although he thought it was a comet for some time. Later, it was realized that it was observed several times by others, but, not recognized as a planet. It is just barely visible in a dark sky. Uranus is unique in that the polar axis is tilted some 97° to it's orbit.

Uranus in Orbiter[edit]

Uranus has been a part of Orbiter since the beginning with the release of Orbiter 2001. In Orbiter 2002, the orbital parameters of Uranus was moved to Vsop87.dll. The add-on uranus.zip included storm patterns on the Uranus visuals.


Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Uranus
Add-on Source Version Author Type Release Date Compatibility Wiki article
Orbiter 2016 - torrent files O-F Resources 2016 martins Orbiter Download 23 August 2016 Orbiter 2016
Orbiter 2016 Core - MSI / EXE edition O-F Resources 2016 martins Orbiter Download 23 August 2016 Orbiter 2016
Orbiter 2016 Core - ZIP edition O-F Resources 2016 martins Orbiter download 23 August 2016 Orbiter 2016
Orbiter core package download
(The actual download page for Orbiter 2016)
Orbiter download page Orbiter 2016 martins Orbiter download 23 August 2016 Orbiter 2016
Celestial Bodies Motion - Part 1/4 - v2.0.0 O-F Resources v2.0.0 cristiapi Scenery 2 July 2015 *module only
Orbiter 2010-P1 O-F Resources 100830 martins Orbiter Download 30 August 2010 Orbiter 2010-P1
Orbiter 2010 O-F Resources 100606 martins Orbiter Download 5 June 2010 Orbiter 2010
The Outer Planets 060929 Base AVSIM Rolf Keibel
Carl Romanik
Tony Dunn
Scenery 30 September 2006 Orbiter 2006-P1
Orbiter 2006-P1 O-F Resources 060929 martins Orbiter Download 29 September 2006 Orbiter 2006-P1
Orbiter 2006 O-F Resources 060504 martins Orbiter Download 4 May 2006 Orbiter 2006
The Outer Planets 050329 Update AVSIM 050329 Rolf Keibel
Tony Dunn
Carl Romanik
Scenery 30 March 2005
2005 (with P1 patch files) O-F Resources 050216 martins Orbiter Download 16 February 2005 Orbiter 2005
Orbiter 2003-P2 O-F Resources 031217 martins Orbiter Download 17 December 2003 Orbiter 2003-P2
Orbiter 2003-P1 O-F Resources 031105 martins Orbiter Download 5 November 2003
Uranus-Neptune II AVSIM Rolf B Keibel Scenery 6 March 2003
Uranus AVSIM Rolf Keibel Scenery 5 November 2002
Orbiter 2002 O-F Resources 020419 martins Orbiter Download 19 April 2002 Orbiter 2002
Orbiter 2001 O-F Resources 010503 martins Orbiter Download 3 May 2001 Orbiter 2001

See also[edit]

Uranus at Wikipedia

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