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> as Uranus was formed around the same time as Neptune [citation needed] There is clearly an unexplained anomaly vis-a-vis Uranus and the other giant planets.
by Tuna-Fish 5y ago
> as Uranus was formed around the same time as Neptune
[citation needed]
There is clearly an unexplained anomaly vis-a-vis Uranus and the other giant planets. But the closer you look at them, the more weird Uranus appears. It would be amazing if it turned out to be a much older planet captured by our solar system. (That would certainly explain the weirdo rotation...)
- areoform 5y agoHere you go! https://books.google.com/books?id=RaJdy3_VINQC&pg=PA224&lpg=PA224&dq=planet+neptune+heat+flow&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=planet%20neptune%20heat%20flow&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=RaJdy3_VINQC&pg=PA224&lpg=... https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/789/1/69 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/789/1/6... http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Aug01/bombardment.html http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Aug01/bombardment.html For me the anomaly is the heat of these planets, and the physical processes this suggests. I suspect that our current explanations are only partial and that a great discovery lies somewhere here.
- actually_a_dog 5y agoUranus got knocked over by getting hit really hard, a bunch of times: https://www.space.com/13231-planet-uranus-knocked-sideways-impacts.html https://www.space.com/13231-planet-uranus-knocked-sideways-i...