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Uranus: a planet that spins on its side

Uranus spins on its side, with 42 years of daylight at each pole and then 42 of night. Curious facts with their sources and my videos.

Uranus, pale blue, with its thin rings around it, photographed by the James Webb telescope
Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI · original

Curious facts

  1. It rolls on its side

    Its axis is tilted 97.77 degrees, so it goes around the Sun almost lying down. This may be the mark of a collision with an Earth-sized object long ago. 1

  2. 42 years of daylight

    One trip around the Sun takes it about 84 years. Because it lies on its side, each pole spends about 42 years with the Sun in view and another 42 in the dark. 1

Videos

My shorts about Uranus, in Spanish.

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Uranus in Orbit

In the game, Uranus is jump 29 of the route, 2,720 M km from Earth. Its logbook card says:

Logbook · Jump 29

It spins on its side, tilted almost 98°

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What Orbit is like

Sources

  1. NASA, Uranus Facts. science.nasa.gov/uranus/facts

Checked between 8 and 11 October 2026.

Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI · original