Uranus is a planet.
Uranus is the seventh planet of the Solar System ; it has 27 known moons , all of which are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope . Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun . Uranus is the only planet whose name is derived from a figure from Greek mythology , from the Latinised version of the Greek god of the sky Ouranos . The Uranian system has a unique configuration among those of the planets because its axis of rotation is tilted sideways , nearly into the plane of its solar orbit .