The delicate rings of Uranus

 

Planet Profile Uranus

Mass (kg)..................................................................8.68 x 10^25
Diameter (km)......................................................................51118
Mean density (kg/m^3) .......................................................1290
Escape velocity (m/sec)...................................................21300
Average distance from Sun (AU)....................................19.18
Rotation period (length of day) (in Earth hours)...........17.9
Revolution period (length of year) (in Earth years).........84
Obliquity (tilt of axis) (degrees)..........................................97.9
Orbit inclination (degrees)..................................................0.77
Orbit eccentricity................................................................0.047
Mean temperature (K).............................................................59
Visual geometric albedo.....................................................0.56

Atmospheric components.....................83% hydrogen, 15% helium, 2% methane (at depth) Rings..........................................................................Uranus has a system of narrow, faint rings.
Ring particles are dark, and could consist of rocky or carbonaceous material.