What is Uranus' period of revolution around the sun?

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Uranus takes 84.01 Earth years to complete one revolution around the Sun.

This orbital period is the length of one Uranian year. Uranus travels around the Sun at an average distance of about 2.87 billion kilometres, or roughly 19 times Earth's average distance from the Sun. Because its orbit is so large, even though Uranus moves through space at many kilometres per second, a complete circuit takes more than eight decades by Earth's calendar.

Uranus was discovered as a planet by William Herschel in 1781, making it the first planet found with the aid of a telescope rather than known since antiquity. Its long year is separate from its rotation: Uranus spins once in about 17 hours, while its trip around the Sun takes 84.01 Earth years. The planet is also famous for its extreme axial tilt of about 98 degrees, which produces unusual seasons.

A useful comparison is that Uranus completes roughly one orbit during an average human lifetime. Since its discovery, it has made only about three complete revolutions around the Sun. The value 84.01 is a rounded scientific figure; slightly different sources may give 84.0 or 84.016 Earth years depending on the orbital definition used.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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