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- Uranus spins on its side. Uranus has an obliquity (tilt) of 98º, making its axis of rotation closer to the ecliptic plane than any other planet. It is not known how it got this peculiar tilt.
Uranus spins on its side. Uranus has an obliquity (tilt) of 98º, making its axis of rotation closer to the ecliptic plane than any other planet. It is not known how it got this peculiar tilt.
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Uranus has an obliquity (tilt) of 98º, making its axis of rotation closer to the ecliptic plane than any other planet.
Conventional wisdom over many years has...
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