• The planet Uranus is about four times the size of Earth.
• Uranus is about 20 times further from the Sun than we are here on Earth.
• Uranus and its twin world Neptune often are referred to as the Ice Giants because they contain large amounts of slushy ices of water, ammonia and methane.
• The famous British astronomer William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781.
• Uranus orbits the Sun spinning on its side because of a large collision in its distant past.
• Uranus is the coldest planet in our Solar System with lows of -375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Uranus has 27 moons and at least 13 rings.

Voyager 2
Launch Date: August 20, 1977
Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to study all four of the solar system’s giant planets at close range. Source: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/voyager-2/in-depth/