Uranus explained to kids

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and the third-largest planet in our solar system. Uranus is so big that it could contain 14 Earths! The distance through its center, or diameter, is about 51,000 km (32,000 miles). Uranus is a gas giant because it's made mostly of the gases hydrogen and helium, along with some liquids. All that gas and liquid means there's no true surface on Uranus. So, if you were to visit, you'd have no place to stand! Photographs of Uranus show layers of clouds that look like bright and dark stripes. Uranus has 27 moons. The four largest ones are Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, and Titania. Uranus has a very thick atmosphere comprising a layer of gases surrounding the planet. A day on Uranus is the same as 17 hours on Earth, making Uranus the second-fastest spinning, or rotating, planet in our solar system! Uranus rotates so fast that the planet bulges around its middle as it spins. One year on Uranus is the same as 84 Earth years, so if you're 10 years old now, you would be only one year old on Uranus! Uranus' gravity is so powerful that it attracts many comets and asteroids. This ultimately protects other planets from being hit by them! Several spacecraft have visited or passed by Uranus, including the Voyager 2.