How does Uranus spin on its axis?
Uranus spins backwards and on its side [sideways] Read More
Which planet appears to spin on its side?
Uranus doesn't appear to spin on its side because it is clearly visible that it spins on its side. Read More
Which planet of the solar system spin on its side?
Uranus spins on a 97 degree angle or on its side. Read More
Why does Uranus spin on its side?
Scientist aren't sure yet but they have a theory that a huge comet or asteroid collided with the blue planet causing it to spin on its side. Read More
What way does Uranus spin around?
No one knows for sure but there is a theory that Uranus got hit thousands of years ago and the impact left Uranus spinning on its side. Read More
How many days does it take Uranus to spin on it's axis?
Uranus that rotates on its side takes 17 hours and 14 minutes (Earth Time). Read More
Does Venus spin on its side?
No. Venus has retrograde rotation, meaning it spins in the opposite direction from the other planets. Uranus spins on its side. Read More
How often does Uranus spin on its axis?
Uranus spin is different from all the other planets. Instead of spinning like a top, it spins like a wheel. Its north and south poles stick out to the side. Scientists think Uranus spins this way because a long time ago a large object collided with Uranus and knocked it over. Read More
Why does Uranus spin on its side instead of straight on its axis?
because a long time ago, an earth-sized object collided with it and made Uranus tilt sideways from that day on...:( Read More
Why do Venus and Uranus spin upside down?
Venus and Uranus spin awkwardly compared to the other planets in the solar system. It all comes down to when the solar system and the planets were formed, they were averagely hit at a certain angle causing Venus to rotate in reverse axis and Uranus to rotate on it side axis. Read More
How long does it take to Uranus to complete a spin?
Uranus (which, unlike other planets in our solar system, spins on its side) completes a rotation on its axis (day) in about 17 hours 14 minutes. Read More
What is a planet that appears to spin in a counterclockwise direction?
This is known as prograde rotation, all of the planets spin in this direction apart from Venus and Uranus. Venus and Uranus spin clockwise when viewed from above the north pole, this is known as a retrograde spin. Read More
Does Uranus rotate clockwise or counter clockwise?
The axis of rotation for Uranus is on its side. Thus, instead of appearing to spin like a child's top, it appears more like a barrel roll! YEAH TOAST!!! Read More
Venus and Uranus spin in what direction of the other planets?
Venus Uranus Pluto all spin backwards (clockwise) Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune all spin forwards (counter-clockwise) Read More
Why does Uranus spin backwards?
1) it doesn't really ... it's tilted about 90 degrees, so it spins on its side. 2) A planet's "spin" is the result of ALL the various collisions in the lifetime of the planet ... thus its random. Read More
Does Pluto spin clockwise or counterclockwise on its axis?
Pluto,Uranus,Venus spin clockwise all of the rest spin counterclockwise Read More
What is the side of Uranus?
If you mean which side is Uranus on of the asteroid belt it's on the gaseous side. Read More
What is a planet called that appears to spin counter clockwise from its north pole has a what type of a rotation?
This is known as prograde rotation, all of the planets spin in this direction apart from Venus and Uranus. Venus and Uranus spin clockwise when viewed from above the north pole, this is known as a retrograde spin. Read More
What is odd about Uranus' spin?
Uranus is odd because it spins on it's side. Instead of spinning slightly off the vertical in a counter-clockwise position like the other planets in our solar system, Uranus spins slightly off it's horizontal axis and spins clockwise. Read More
What are the 2 planets that spin backwards?
There is only Venus, and Uranus. Both spin opposite direction of Earth. Read More
Do all the planets spin the same way?
No, Venus and Uranus spin clockwise while all the other planets spin counter-clockwise. Read More
1 day on Uranus is how many earth hours?
A day on Uranus lasts 17h 14m 24s. This is the time for Uranus to spin once on its axis. Read More
How is the rotation of Uranus ulike that of most of the outer planet?
If you look at the entire solar system, all the planets, except Uranus, rotate in the same direction. If you call north up, then all planets rotate on that axis except for Uranus. Uranus spins on it's side in this model. While all the other planets spin on the North/South axis, Uranus spins on the East/West axis. Read More
What are the similarities between Uranus and Venus?
planets, spheres, both orbit the sun, spin of axis, spin weird Read More
Do planets orbit the sun in a counter clockwise direction?
'Counter-clockwise' requires a reference point such that we can determine which side of the galactic plane one is on to look at the direction of spin. That said, the planets do all orbit in the same direction. Additionally, Venus, Uranus and the Plutoid all spin in different directions than the other planets, which spin the same way as their orbits. Venus spins in the exact opposite direction (retrograde), Uranus has its axis of spin on… Read More
Which direction does Uranus rotate?
Uranus' rotational axis is nearly perpendicular to its orbital plane, as though it has been knocked on its side. All of the major planets except Venus and Uranus both spin anti-clockwise when viewed from above the plane of the Solar System. However, Uranus appears to spin clockwise, because its axis is tipped over by more than 90 degrees (98, in fact.) This is probably because a large object, perhaps a planet the size of Earth… Read More
How often does Uranus spin on it axis?
One complete spin takes 17 hours and 14 minutes (Earth time) Read More
How did uranus get tilted on its side?
Uranus is tilted on its side because of violent impact that knocked Uranus off kilter some time ago. Uranus is tilted by 98 degrees. Read More
Does Earth spin faster than Uranus?
I imagine it would be faster, as Mercury & Venus spin slower than Earth, and Jupiter & Saturn spin faster. It seems that planets that are closer to the Sun spin slower than Earth, and planets far away from the Sun spin faster than Earth. I checked the NASA website. I couldn't find the question on there, but here it is anyway. http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/uranus_worldbook.html -------- NO, Uranus spins faster than earth. It seems, the spin speed… Read More
Why is Uranus' orbit peculiar?
Uranus rolls around the sun like a ball while all the other planets spin. Read More
Why is Uranus spinning on its side?
Uranus, unlike the other planets, rotates on its side. Astronomers believe that this is because an abject collided with Uranus years ago. Read More
Which way do most planets spin?
Looked at from above the Earth's North Pole, most of them spin anticlockwise. Venus and Uranus are the exceptions. Read More
What is the the weather like on Uranus?
Uranus has extreme seasons because it spin axis lies nearly in the plane of its orbit. Please click on "Weather on Uranus" under "Related links" below. Read More
Which planet rotates clockwise?
Venus and Uranus rotate "clockwise" as seen from above the ecliptic plane. However, Venus's rotation was actually stopped and reversed, probably by an impact, while Uranus was merely knocked over onto its side, and it continues to spin in the same direction it did when it was formed. Read More
Which planet spins like a bowling ball?
Uranus' axial tilt is at 97 degrees. This means it orbits lying to it's side. Venus, the 2nd planet from the sun, appears to spin 'backwards.' Read More
Which planet rotates around the sun on its side instead of spining?
Well they all spin, but Uranus has a tilt to its axis of rotation of about 89° so you might say that at times it appears to be rolling and not spinning. Read More
Which two planets spin clockwise?
hi venus and uranus. venus spin very slow and is possibly explained by a collision in the early formation of our solar system. uranis however is up for grabs. its tillted 98 degrees and is basicaly on its side. research it. very interesting. cheers! Read More
How is the rotation of the planet Uranus and Pluto unique?
Uranus spins on its side Read More