Astronomy Fun Fact #84
- Moiya McTier
- Jul 8, 2019
- 1 min read
Uranus rotates on its side!
You may have heard that the Earth’s axis is tilted at 23 degrees. That’s nothing compared to Uranus’ tilt of 90 degrees.
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MOIYA MCTIER,
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@mylesbkeating, exactly!
And you know what that means... days are really damn long haha: https://www.windows2universe.org/?page=/uranus/atmosphere/U_seasons.html