Uranus was knocked off its axis due to a collision with another large object passing through space . The object was nearly the size of uranus.
All planets have a tilted axis. The Gravity of the Sun and other planets force the tilt.
The 98 degree tilt of Uranus (compared to Earths 23.5 degree tilt) was most likely caused at sometime in the early years of the solar system when a planet-sized object struck Uranus and knocked it on its side.
Because of the tilt, if you lived at one of the poles on Uranus, you would experience 42 years of continuous sunlight, and then 42 years of continuous darkness!
An asteroid hit it and then it tilted to its side.
Uranus, unlike the other planets, rotates on its side. Astronomers believe that this is because an abject collided with Uranus years ago.
it has a unusual rotation its is flipped on its side. As a result it appears to be rolling through its orbit around the sun
Scientists don't know for sure, but they speculate that it may have been hit very early on in the formation o the solar system by an earth sized protoplanet.
because a planetessimal hit it
Uranus is has an orbit that is tilted significantly more than the other planets. Uranus is basically tilted on it's side during orbit.
Planet Uranus, it is tilted on its side by 98 degrees.
This is not actually the case. All of the planets are tilted. Uranus just happens to be tilted more than any of the others. The Earth, for example is actually tilted 23.5 degrees from the vertical. Uranus is tilted 98 degrees from the vertical, making its north pole point towards the sun.
scientist discovered that Uranus was hit over by a massive object that tilted the planet over. because of that Uranus is tilted almost 90 degrees and lies on it side !
Uranus is tilted on it's side other than the other planets.
Uranus is tilted on its side because of violent impact that knocked Uranus off kilter some time ago. Uranus is tilted by 98 degrees.
It's tilted 90 degrees.
that is Uranus who's axis is tilted so it spins on it's side.
Uranus is a big green ball of Gas. It is tilted on its side.
Uranus.
Well first of all, since the planets are almost perfect spheres, they have no 'sides'.You're probably thinking of Uranus, whose axis of rotation is tilted of 97.77°, andso is approximately parallel with the plane of the Solar System.
Uranus's tilt of Axial is unusual because Uranus is tilted on it's side
Uranus
Uranus is has an orbit that is tilted significantly more than the other planets. Uranus is basically tilted on it's side during orbit.
Planet Uranus, it is tilted on its side by 98 degrees.
Uranus
This is not actually the case. All of the planets are tilted. Uranus just happens to be tilted more than any of the others. The Earth, for example is actually tilted 23.5 degrees from the vertical. Uranus is tilted 98 degrees from the vertical, making its north pole point towards the sun.