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\<COLOUR 1> PLANET: \<COLOUR 0> Uranus
\<COLOUR 1> DISCOVERED: \<COLOUR 0> March 13, 1781
\<COLOUR 1> DISCOVERER: \<COLOUR 0> Frederick William Herschel (England, 1738-1822)
\<COLOUR 1> EQUATORIAL DIAMETER: \<COLOUR 0> 51,800 km
\<COLOUR 1> AV DISTANCE FROM SUN: \<COLOUR 0> 2,870,000,000 km
\<COLOUR 1> ORBITS SUN IN: \<COLOUR 0> 84 years
\<COLOUR 1> SPINS ROUND IN: \<COLOUR 0> 17 hr 14 min
\<COLOUR 1> MASS (EARTH=1): \<COLOUR 0> 14.5
\<COLOUR 1> DENSITY (WATER=1): \<COLOUR 0> 1.3
\<COLOUR 1> TEMPERATURE: \<COLOUR 0> Average -214 degrees C
\<COLOUR 1> MOONS: \<COLOUR 0> 15+
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> The first new planet discovered in modern times; not visible to the naked eye; first investigated by Voyager 2 in 1986.