\<COLOUR 1> DISCOVERED: \<COLOUR 0> September 23, 1846
\<COLOUR 1> DISCOVERER: \<COLOUR 0> Johann Gottfried Galle (Germany, 1812-1910)
\<COLOUR 1> EQUATORIAL DIAMETER: \<COLOUR 0> 49,500 km
\<COLOUR 1> AV DISTANCE FROM SUN: \<COLOUR 0> 4,497,000,000 km
\<COLOUR 1> ORBITS SUN IN: \<COLOUR 0> 164.8 years
\<COLOUR 1> SPINS ROUND IN: \<COLOUR 0> 16 hr
\<COLOUR 1> MASS (EARTH=1): \<COLOUR 0> 17
\<COLOUR 1> DENSITY (WATER=1): \<COLOUR 0> 1.8
\<COLOUR 1> TEMPERATURE: \<COLOUR 0> Average -220 degrees C
\<COLOUR 1> MOONS: \<COLOUR 0> 8
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> The second new planet discovered in modern times; currently and until 1999 the farthest planet in the solar system; first investigated by Voyager 2 in 1989.