Uranus: The Tilted Planet on Its Side

Uranus is tilted about 98 degrees, making it rotate on its side compared to other planets.
This extreme tilt gives Uranus the most dramatic seasons in the solar system.
Each pole experiences 42 years of continuous sunlight followed by 42 years of darkness.
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and the third-largest in diameter.
Its blue-green color comes from methane gas absorbing red light in its atmosphere.
The planet has faint rings, discovered in 1977, made mostly of dark particles.
Uranus has 27 known moons, many named after characters from Shakespeare’s plays.
Winds on Uranus can reach speeds of up to 560 miles per hour.
Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit Uranus, flying by in 1986.
Uranus’s unusual tilt may have been caused by a massive collision long ago.