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Because Uranus's internal heat is lower than Neptune's -- possibly because it doesn't have a moon as large as Triton providing friction from gravitational drag -- Uranus is actually colder than Neptune, despite being almost a billion miles closer to the sun.

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Neptune generates more heat in its interior, so it's warmer than Uranus.

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Yes. Jupiter is around 165 Degrees Kelvin (-108 Celsius or -162 F), while Neptune averages 72 Kelvin at the 'surface'.

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Well Uranus is -227F Neptune is -218F But Uranus is 387,238,899,235 kilometers

away from the sun and Neptune is 412,172,645,428 kilometers from the sun

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(Uranus -227) (Neptune -218)

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