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Fun fact: Uranus is at 97+ degrees, making it almost perpendicular to the other planets axis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus#Axial_tilt http://en.wikipedia
by wkdown 14y ago
Fun fact: Uranus is at 97+ degrees, making it almost perpendicular to the other planets axis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus#Axial_tilt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus#Axial_tilt
- DougBTX 14y agoHm, guess that means I don't understand the article I linked to.
- timmaxw 14y agoI think you were confusing orbital inclination with axial tilt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_tilt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_tilt
- bmunro 14y agoThe article you linked to describes the angle of plane of the orbit - the circle it makes around the sun. These vary by only a small amount. The axial tilt is different. It is basically how far the axis through the poles of a planet is tilted compared to the plane of its orbit. This is what you were thinking of initially - it can very a lot.
- wkdown 14y agoPluto, while no longer a planet, as an inclined orbital tilt as well. It will also occasionally come inside the orbit of Neptune. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto#Orbit_and_rotation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto#Orbit_and_rotation