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Uranus' tilt
Stella writes to ask: Is Uranus tilted?
In fact, Uranus takes "tilt" to a whole new level. The planets axis of rotation is tilted sideways until it is almost perpendicular to it's orbit. In other words, Uranus is pointing it's north pole (or maybe it's south pole) almost directly at the sun, while the equators are where we think of the poles as being. There is even controversy over which pole is "north"
Posted: Monday 24th March 2008, 5:50 PM
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