URANUS – Planets in our solar system (7 of 9)
Distance from sun – 1.7 billion miles
Distance from earth – 1.6 billion miles (at the closet point)
Moons – 27
Diameter – 31,500 miles (3.9 times bigger than the earth)
Year (one orbit around the sun) – 84 years
Greek name – Uranus
Roman name – Uranus
Mythology – Uranus was the father of Saturn and was at one time the king of the gods.