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The unique feature of the planet is that it is tipped on its side with relation to its orbital plane. Its poles lie nearly in the plane, alternately pointing toward the Sun as the planet orbits. At some points in its year (84 Earth years long), up to one half of the planet is in night for many months. If the planet were terrestrial, this would create a very unusual series of seasons. As with the half-year cycle that affects the Earth's poles, many areas on Uranus would have 42 Earth years of day or night.

Since the inclination is past 90° , it can be said that Uranus orbits clockwise, but its spin is still in the same direction as when it formed - only the tilt has changed.

The composition of Uranus' atmosphere is somewhat different from Neptune, making the planet larger and slightly less dense. So it is the third largest, but fourth most-massive solar planet.

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