Coldest planet in the solar system. Although neptune is the coldest planet uranus also reaches the coldest temperature of any planet. It is believed that uranus was knocked on its side by a massive impact during the formation of solar system. Uranus is on average 179 billion miles from the sun while neptune is around 28 billion miles from the sun. The hottest and coldest planets of our solar system venus.
Venus is the second planet from the sun and the hottest in the solar system. However due to the iaus decision in 2006 to reclassify pluto as a dwarf planet the title has since passed to neptune. Although it is nearest to the sun it is the. As the eight planet from our sun it is now the outermost planet in the.
Its temperatures can reach 464oc. Neptune being the farthest planet from the sun sorry pluto is now recognized as also being the coldest body in the solar system. Pluto used to be considered the coldest planet with a minimum temperature of 387 degrees fahrenheit at the farthest point of its orbit but since its demotion the title of the coldest planet in the solar system goes to uranus with a minimum temperature of 371 degrees fahrenheit in its outer atmosphere. Neptune is very close behind uranus with a minimum temperature of about 361 degrees fahrenheit in its outer atmosphere although pluto would have been the coldest with a minimum.