Uranus is the 7th planet from the Sun. The planet Uranus is a gas giant planet. The gas giant is a planet where there is a lot of gas. Solid objects like stones are in small quantities. The gas giant planets include Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune planets. Uranus is the fourth major planet by mass and it is the third major planet by diameter. The planet Uranus was discovered by German scientist William Herschel on 13 March 1781.

There are some interesting facts about Uranus:

1. The planet Uranus is the coldest planet in the solar system. The minimum temperature here is found to be -224.2 degrees Celsius.

2. The uranium substance is named after the planet Uranus.

3. The force of gravity is lower on the planet Uranus than on Earth. If the weight of an object is 50 kg on Earth, then Uranus will be 42 kg on the planet.

4. The 1 year of the planet Uranus is equal to 84 years of the Earth.

5. The planet Uranus was discovered before the discovery of the continent of Antarctica.

6. It takes 2 hours 40 minutes for the sun's rays to reach Uranus planet which is 20 times more than the Earth.

7. Summer is 42 years long on this planet.

8. The weight of the planet Uranus is 8.681 × 10 ^ 25 kg which is 14 times more than the weight of the Earth.

9. Uranus is also called "Ice Giant". Because it is mainly made of ice. 82.5% hydrogen 2.3% methane in its outer shell. 15.2% is helium gas. The color of the planet Uranus appears blue due to methane gas.

10. The planet Uranus is named after the Greek deity. It is believed that Uranus was the father of Saturn.

11. The planet Uranus is so large in terms of volume that it can contain 63 Earths.

12. The diameter of the planet Uranus is 50,724 km.