Uranus
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Ice Giant
✦ Solar SystemMagnetic FieldModerate Activity
Why is this a Ice Giant?Your planet has moderate mass (8.2x Earth) with significant water, carbon, and nitrogen content, characteristic of ice giants.
Ice giants like Uranus and Neptune have icy interiors with thick atmospheres of hydrogen and helium, but not enough to be classified as gas giants.
Classification Criteria:
✓ Mass: 8.2x Earth (5-20x range)✓ Water/Carbon/Nitrogen rich composition
Habitability ScoreUninhabitable
Contributing Factors
water15
No solid surface — any water is locked in a supercritical mantle and hot ice, not oceans
geology90
Active geology recycles nutrients and drives carbon cycle
rotation100
Optimal rotation period - balanced day/night cycle, moderate weather, and good heat distribution
Organic Chemistry84
Core organic elements (CHNO) present (tidal pools cycle wet and dry - a boost for prebiotic chemistry)
atmosphere30
Hydrogen-rich atmosphere typical of gas giants
temperature10
Frozen world - minimal potential for complex life
magnetic Field100
Magnetic field provides radiation protection
Physical Properties
Mass
8.20x Earth (4.90e+25 kg)Radius
2.02x Earth (12,847 km)Surface Gravity
2.02x Earth (19.8 m/s²)Surface Temperature
95 K (-178 °C / -289 °F)Rotation Period
16.0 hours/day (faster than Earth)Orbital Environment
Star Type
G-type (Yellow (Sun-like))Distance from Star
19.40 AU (2.9 billion km)Orbital Period
85.4 yearsAtmosphere
Hydrogen and helium with water, methane, and ammonia ices
Elemental Composition
H - Hydrogen
40.0%
He - Helium
25.0%
C - Carbon
15.0%
Surface Characteristics
Icy mantle surrounding rocky core, with hydrogen-helium atmosphereClosest Real Exoplanet
HD 95735 c80% similar
Orbiting GJ 411| Yours | HD 95735 c | |
|---|---|---|
| Mass | 8.20 × Earth | 13.6 × Earth |
| Radius | 3.05 × Earth | 3.76 × Earth |
| Density (composition) | 1.60 g/cm³ | 1.41 g/cm³ |
| Temperature | 95.1 K | 63.0 K |
| Starlight received | 0.00 × Earth | 0.00 × Earth |
| Star temperature | 5,600 K | 3,719 K |
Moons
Moon 1stable0.00063% - 5.9 radii
Small and distant: a quiet, stable companion.
Moon 2merged0.0016% - 9.3 radii
Merged with an adjacent moon: too close for both to hold a stable orbit.
Moon 3stable0.0014% - 8.8 radii
Small and distant: a quiet, stable companion.
Moon 4stable0.0022% - 15.8 radii
Small and distant: a quiet, stable companion.
Moon 5stable0.0018% - 26.1 radii
Small and distant: a quiet, stable companion.