SIZE IN SPACE

planet · Object guide

How big is Uranus?

A quiet giant between two familiar scales.

One scale. Two worlds.True diameter scale
Uranus and Earth to scaleTheir diameters differ by a factor of 3.9808. Illustrations show body diameter, not separation in space.

Body diameters to scale. Positions and surface artwork are illustrative; Saturn’s rings are excluded.

A change of perspective

3.9808× the diameter. See how the two worlds measure up.

Diameter is a distance across an object. Volume grows with the cube of that distance.

Choose a size to bring this comparison down to Earth.

Uranus: Twice the source mean radius; body diameter only, excluding rings.

Earth: Twice the source mean radius; body diameter only, excluding rings.

How we measure size →
Mean diameter

50,724 km

Twice the source mean radius; body diameter only, excluding rings.

Uranus sits in an interesting visual middle ground. Compare it first with Earth, then with Jupiter. The same object can dominate one scene and become the smaller companion in another.

Build a miniature pair

Set Earth as your starting object and Uranus as the comparison. Change the marble size and watch the model scale with it. All lengths change together; the diameter ratio stays the same.

Measurement source

Planetary Physical Parameters — NASA JPL. Twice the source mean radius; body diameter only, excluding rings.

Source references