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The Astronomical units (AU) column is the average distance between Earth and the Sun and is the most common way for scientists to measure distance in our Solar System. Below is a table of the distances between each of the planets in our solar system.
At its closest (perihelion), the distance to Uranus from the star is 1.7 billion miles (2.5 billion km); at its farthest (aphelion), 1.89 billion miles (3 billion km). On average, the...
From an average distance of 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometers), Uranus is about 19 astronomical units away from the Sun. One astronomical unit (abbreviated as AU), is the distance from the Sun to Earth.
The table below shows the eight planets and the average distance between them. The AU column is the distance in astronomical units. 1 AU is the distance from the Sun to Earth, which is 149,600,000 km.
The average distance between Earth and Uranus is 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometers), ranging from 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion kilometers) at their closest to 1.98 billion miles (3.2 billion km) at their farthest.
The intensity of sunlight varies inversely with the square of the distance—on Uranus (at about 20 times the distance from the Sun compared to Earth), it is about 1/400 the intensity of light on Earth.
The average distance between Earth and Uranus is 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion km), so based on that distance, I have calculated the time it would take to reach the ice giant at the speed of different means of transportation.
With a radius of 15,759.2 miles (25,362 kilometers), Uranus is 4 times wider than Earth. If Earth was the size of a nickel, Uranus would be about as big as a softball. From an average distance of 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometers), Uranus is 19.8 astronomical units away from the Sun.
The mean distance of Uranus from the Sun is nearly 2.9 billion km (1.8 billion miles), more than 19 times as far as Earth, and it never approaches Earth more closely than about 2.7 billion km (1.7 billion miles).
Uranus Observational Parameters Discoverer: William Herschel Discovery Date: 13 March 1781 Distance from Earth Minimum (10 6 km) 2580.6 Maximum (10 6 km) 3153.5 Apparent diameter from Earth Maximum (seconds of arc) 4.1 Minimum (seconds of arc) 3.3 Mean values at opposition from Earth Distance from Earth (10 6 km) 2721.37 Apparent diameter (seconds of arc) 3.8 Apparent visual magnitude 5.57 ...