• Question: what happened to uranus when it done a 180 degree flip???

    Asked by Tesco2Stripes to Aileen, Caroline, Christopher, Rehemat, Stephanie, Stephen on 12 Mar 2018.
    • Photo: Stephanie Mann

      Stephanie Mann answered on 12 Mar 2018:

      So Uranus is different to all the other planets in the solar system because it’s “north” and “south” are pretty much on its side compared to all the other planets. Some astronomers think this happened long ago when the planets were forming and something big (another planet maybe?) bumped into Uranus to make it fall sideways. There isn’t much that could do that to earth without destroying the entire planet though!

    • Photo: Christopher Nankervis

      Christopher Nankervis answered on 12 Mar 2018:

      I’m afraid I don’t know much about Uranus. Do you mean a magnetic field flip?

    • Photo: Aileen Baird

      Aileen Baird answered on 12 Mar 2018:

      I’m afraid I don’t know this one! Perhaps one of the other scientists will be able to help you out.

    • Photo: Stephen Twomlow

      Stephen Twomlow answered on 12 Mar 2018:

      Thanks Stephanie I have learned something here – I know very little about the planets – I find earth has enough secrets to solve

    • Photo: Rehemat Bhatia

      Rehemat Bhatia answered on 14 Mar 2018:

      i dont know! but i think stephanie has answered this really well 😀

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