Uranus Milky Way / Local Cluster / Sol
Uranus
Orbital Distance	19.2 AU
Orbital Period	84.3 Earth Years
Keplerian Ratio	0.996
Radius	25,559 km
Day Length	17.3 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure	N/A
Surface Temp	N/A
Surface Gravity	N/A
Mass	14.5 Earth Masses
Satellites	27

Location: Milky Way / Local Cluster / Sol System /  Seventh planet

Colony
Capital	Sakharov Station
Population	371000

Description Edit

After the development of mass effect FTL drive, distant Uranus was the target of a "land rush" to exploit its combination of plentiful helium-3 fuel and shallow (for a gas giant) gravity well. Today Uranus is the largest producer of He-3 in Alliance space.

Mineral Deposits Edit

Initial Scanner Result: Depleted

Mineral	Amount	Approximate Value
Palladium	Low	3,800
Platinum	Low	4,700
Iridium	Low	2,400
Element Zero	None	0

Trivia Edit

• The in-game information for Mass Effect incorrectly gives the orbital period of Uranus as 121.1 years; it is actually 84.3 years. This is corrected in Mass Effect 2.
• Sakharov Station is likely named for noted Soviet nuclear physicist and political dissident Andrei Sakharov, a key figure in the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons program who, later in life, specialized in cosmology.
• In Mass Effect 2, when the player sends the first probe to the planet, EDI comments "Really, Commander?", and after the second launch, she sighs "Probing Uranus…" This is a reference to a schoolboy pun: "Uranus" bears a resemblance to the English phrase "your anus". This pun has been literally translated in non-English versions of Mass Effect 2, but the comical effect is, of course, lost. At subsequent probe launches, EDI reverts back to her standard feedback: "Launching probe." or "Probe away."