Orientation of Uranus' Rings (IMAGE)

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Orientation of Uranus' Rings

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Uranus is uniquely tipped over among the planets in our Solar System. Uranus' moons and rings are also orientated this way, suggesting they formed during a cataclysmic impact which tipped it over early in its history.

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Lawrence Sromovsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison/W.W. Keck Observatory/NASA

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