Why is Uranus On Its Side? | The Planets | Earth Science 

Damn good one 🐻

Finally a nice clean and thoughtful quip about the planet that involves characteristics of the planet. Well played! 👏

You found out your j*w*sh?

@@charlesdog9795 Might wanna look up how to use your and you're, but I know words are difficult for inbred fucks like you. So I applaud your attempt little guy.

@@vvrathhps Genetics has nothing to do with racism. It's all environment. But perhaps your right. All I really know is, racism blends moronic behavior with stupid decisions to a degree rarely scene in nature. ;-)

Say your sentence with no context and it sounds so wrong

She just appreciates Uranus so much

It's scary to me

I too, think Uranus is beautiful in its simplicity.

I hear that a lot. Thank you

Rotation of Venus is retrograde and slow.

That's a great observation!

like father like daughter (in mythology venus is Uranus's daughter)

Gases are thermal conductors

Interesting, but that isn't irony. It's coincidence you're describing.

Or your professor, like many physicists, don't know and are theorizing.

@@znhait You Think.

​@@znhaitThey absolutely do.

His professor '-are-' hypothesising, even predicting, but not 'theorising.'

Without a shred of evidence

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Well, Jupiter and Saturn teach us important things, jupiter is nearby and basically taught us a lot about how gas giants worked, Saturn taught us the same but about rings, and both saturn and jupiter have moons that are possibly able to sustain life. Saturn’s moon titan has liquid methane on the surface and it’s not as cold as you’d expect. Some of the Jupiter Galilean moons are suspected to have water oceans underneath their crust, especially Europa. Those are important things, sure Uranus and Neptune could teach us a lot, but with modern day technology, it could even take lifetimes (in some cases), so the people who launched it wouldn’t even see it go halfway there. And we do also know a decent amount about the ice giants. I still think we should explore them even if they aren’t going to be very influential, however the space agencies of the world agree that it’s not worth the time and money.

@@Colinnn. problem is is that we didn't know how fascinating Jupiter's and Saturn's moons were until we sent dedicated missions. Before Cassini we only had brief fly-bys of Saturn and it's moons and it wasn't until the dedicated Cassini mission that we discovered Enceladus' water geysers, prior to that dedicated mission Enceladus was just another ordinary moon. Same can be said for Jupiter's moon Europa. For all we know Titania, Oberon, etc., could be just as supporting of life and data but we only have very fuzzy images of them and nothing more, fuzzy images such as we had when we first visited Jupiter. Who knows what teachings lay within these two ice giants and their moons.

@@JTelli786 The moons were just another reason why they are fascinating and why they were studied first, besides people have briefly studied ice giant moons and it’s way to cold with no source of warmth (not a guarantee but a pretty good chance there’s no liquid water). Regardless, the closest gas giants are easier to get to as opposed to a medium sized ice giant lifetimes away. And they still taught us about how gas giants and the outer solar system planets operate. I still agree that the ice giants should be explored, but at this moment in time, no space exploration programs it’s worthwhile.

I'm sure someone has taken a trip to Uranus.

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How is the USS Enterprise similar to toilet paper? They both search for Klingons around Uranus. Get it? Get it? 😂 so dumb!

Youranus is on your bum

No analysis worth noting. Just another click for ads site.

​@@cgmiddle Well I learned something (and didn't get any ads)

and it has rings 😩😩😩

I think you guys might be doing it wrong.

The smashing into it part was funny af

Yep.

@@-M0LE yes it was😃 but what’s funnier is that it really is true. I don’t recall the details, but Uranus did get tilted in its side because celestial bodies slammed into it😁 so now it’s butt is sticking upwards....perfect position to be had😁 the biggest cosmic joke in our solar system. Even God has a sense of humor.

humor.

Nope

Uranus aka the rainbow planet

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Emphasis on the last three letters of the word class.

Neptune has crazy fast supersonic winds and rains diamonds, pretty amazing...

@@abalrog42 imma go there, on god.

I ve seen a couple of them myself, some are just so colorful and beautiful 😍

We associate green and blue with life.

Stop with the ass jokes. How can you not get tried of it

was lookin for a comment of this type

@@suprabrajbhandari548 chill

@@suprabrajbhandari548 we will never grow tired of it!

@@suprabrajbhandari548 Some people are just nasty. Plus we as individuals don't talk about Uranus enough to hear it get old so it's free real estate every time. I try to be as respectful as I can, but even I pictured a girl lying on her side presenting herself when I read the title... Yes, I should be ashamed of myself, and I am, and I definitely should NOT have shared that delicate info but I'm taking that bullet anyways to show that no matter how mature you think you are, you probably thought about the jokes before you ever clicked because we all do wether with post about it or not. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be in the corner freaking out quietly about what I just did to myself here 👌

and this is only 0.000000000000000000% of the universe and my math it’s not accurate at all

Yup

@@brightax7502 only zeros? So uranus doesnt exist

@@thenopalzz I forgot to add 1

Sometimes I genuinely wonder if Uranus constantly gets shunted to the back of NASA’s cue because no one wants to be, “that guy,” who becomes a meme for talking to the press about, “the rings around Uranus,” and, “eventually, we hope to probe Uranus,” etc? No one can think of a form of words that doesn’t make the world guffaw and snigger, to talk like grown ups about a fascinating subject. “If an Earth sized object slammed into Uranus it would have enough momentum to tip you on your side.” I should jolly well think so too! The scientists at NASA probably spend half of their time doing important science and the other half playing office politics just to ensure they’re not the ones who get assigned to work on any Uranus projects! It’s probably used as a form of punishment? With the worst offenders being chosen to speak to the press about, “the latest developments around Uranus!” It brings out the little schoolboy in me every time! 😂 . . . He probably emerges from Uranus! 🤣

I'm in my early 40s and that was validating. Hahaha.

I still cannot say it without grinning.

Because i was sleeping

it's easy to write a paper on that long ago because everyone was guessing what it was like

thanks

Uranus also great but I appreciate it

Neptune and pluto are colder

Yeah, how come?

It's explained (hinted at) at 5:06 - Neptune still has it's primordial heat in its core. It is theorized that because of the collision of Uranus with an Earth-sized object early on in it's formation it's lost most of this primordial heat and was left with a depleted core temperature. The Wikipedia article for Uranus cites the following source for this theory: Hawksett, David (2005). "Ten Mysteries of the Solar System: Why is Uranus So Cold?". Astronomy Now: 73

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They explain it in the Neptune video

@@chijanofuji I imagine that when there was still a high thermal difference between the hot core and the cooled surface of the larger body, in that age the already cooler smaller body (heat is lost as a function of surface area; bigger cools slower) crashed. the core of the larger body was basically "stirred up", and like a cup of coffee, it cooled faster (internal movement pushes hotter core elements toward the cooler surface - reducing the insulation effect).

quite a burn

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@@Belov3ed_Angel 🤩

I guess its mildly humorous. Nothing that should make a grown adult laugh out loud.

I'm suing NASA for being a peeping Tom. 😡

Mr Spock is narrarating to us about the Sol system. I love it

@@machirim2805 He did Nimoy proud.

Omg thanks for mentioning that! I had no idea it was him!

No, it's prof. Brian Cox

@@dkazmer2 Brian Cox in the UK version and Zachary Quinto in the US version (according to Wikipedia)

Are you sure?

Don't be so crude

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Actually not. all of Uranus surface can experience the sun shine, 21 years for each pole and 42 years for the equator (Uranus finishing it's orbit once for every 84 earth year). Uranus axis not always pointing towards the Sun.

@@haikalmiftah2529 get a life

Yes, when you're inside its orbit.

How dare you!! 😡

It is arrogant. But that's just how these people are.

they did say it's too cloudy to really see anything with the probe so who knows what's under those clouds.

i think this video is full of uranus jokes we dont get yet

Because Voyager flew past him and measured something there, and photographed, like Neptune, we now know little about these two ice giants. These two planets need to send spacecraft so that they study these planets for several years, as in the example of Saturn or Jupiter.

Jupiter and Saturn are far bigger planets. You should also remember that we don't really know a whole lot about Uranus yet. At least, not as much as we know about the other planets.

I don't think BBC is here to educate i think they are here to entertain.

I agree, it seems these videos are more about little tiny tidbits without any in-depth information. To tilt a planet of that Mass, oof you need a lot of mass to do that

Very good question! Stéph.

If I may try to give an answer. In a word, gravity. Unless hit with an object big enough or hard enough at the right angle to dislodge it an orbital object will stay on the same path more or less. The only effect of the hit was the wild tilt of its axis and it's rotation. Like a gyroscope the hit only made it swing to its sides but not enough to release it from the sun's gravity. The only effect is the tilt. We're still seeing the effects of that hit and it'll keep going long after we're gone.

what do you mean uranus stopped rolling? It still rotates around it axis, just at 90 degrees. It has not stopped rotating.

@@carlojg8541 You haven't understood the question! He asks why Uranus has not tilted even more on its axis? What stopped the movement? For centuries of observations, we should have seen this star change its inclination several times, because nothing in space can stop a movement except an obstacle, or a gravitation making the object unwind! But in truth, NOBODY can say what happened in the system born billions of years ago! All that is told about its creation is only speculations and theories! But as they are emitted by so-called luminaries of science, they must be right! But nothing is less sure! This planet may well have been designed by creation, God or otherwise in its current position! Have a nice day! Stéph. Vous n'avez pas compris la question! Il demande pourquoi Uranus n'a pas basculé encore plus sur son axe? Qu'est ce qui a arrêté le mouvement? Depuis des siècles d'observations, on aurait dû voir cet astre changer d'inclinaisons plusieurs fois, car rien dans l'espace ne peu arrêter un mouvement en dehors d'un obstacle, ou d'une gravitation faisant dévidé l'objet! Mais en vérité, PERSONNE ne peu dire ce qui s'est passé dans le système né il y a des milliards d'années! Tout ce qui est raconté sur sa création n'est que spéculations et Théories! Mais comme elles sont émissent pas des soient disant sommités de la sciences, elles doivent être forcément juste! Mais rien n'et moins sur! Cette planète peu très bien avoir été conçu par la création, Dieu ou autre dans sa position actuelle! Bonne journée! Stéph.

or the knocking off part is just small but did gain momentum until it stopped at what it is now🤷🏼‍♂️

Makes sense as all orbiting objects are being pulled into tidal lock, right?

That collision would destroy Venus maybe it’s retrograde rotation is because of solar wind reversing the rotation that would explain the slow rotation

@@jpthepug3126 Solar wind would push on all sides equally so would have no net effect -- neither slowing or speeding up rotation.

@@GregConquest slowing it so much it reversed its rotation

If you spin any rotating sphere EXACTLY 180deg it effectively spins in the opposite direction. Uranus is EXACTLY 90deg. What’s more probable? That the planets were hit by other massive objects or that it’s a manifestation of a dzhanibekov effect..?

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What's your problem? supreme court justice Clarence Thomas.

@Duc Thanh Nguyen thank you :)

In Futurama, after the year 3000 they finally changed the name of the planet finally. They changed it to Urectum to finish that joke for good

I'd argue "most boring" goes to Mercury. All of the planets have their claim to fame. Neptune has the winds. Uranus has the sideways rotation. Saturn has the rings. Jupiter has the red spot. Mars has the 2 moons despite its small size. Earth of course has life. Venus has the reversed rotation and the days longer than years. What does Mercury have? It's small and close to the Sun. And even though its the closest planet to the Sun, it's not even the hottest. That goes to Venus. I'd argue Uranus is top 3 in the interesting category (excluding the Earth in the rankings of course)

It tickles Uranus.

It tickles mine too😅

bcuz u got rings too

@@karamsinghjat ringworm more like😅😆

Someone doesn't know how to properly wipe.

Hes always Sylar to me.

@@izzad777 *TRUTH* . Such a magnificent character and series.

*Correction: Zachary Quinto 🖖

*The Rock rise eyebrow meme*

@@Getman0001 no

I love yours too

Thanks

I love it too

Or from that chili's I ate

Uranus is a gas giant. STINKS

Lies again? Anus Fist

Good one

Temperature and pressure are correlated, but one not exactly causes the other

Interesting.

I’ve always assumed that Venus was hit by another planetary body so hard that it’s orbit was reversed. Perhaps not.

@@RyuTama42 that would destroy Venus

wouldn’t Venus have a very elliptical orbit and go all the way to Uranus

@@jpthepug3126 It’s been heavily theorized that something similar happened to Earth; that a large planetary object once impacted us, and the leftover ejecta and debris that flew out and began orbiting us eventually accumulated into the moon. Even now Earth’s own orbit is slowing, but it’s still pretty even going around the sun. Who’s to say something similar didn’t happen to Venus? And that instead of forming a moon from the impact, just it’s orbit was heavily affected.

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This is an underrated comment. 😂

Pretty sure it's Zachary Quinto from the new Star Trek films. He plays Mr. Spock. 🖖

WAIT WHAT NO

@@basedpirate I'm sorry I'm actually learning something.

Thats literally what heated seats in cars were invented for

Because they know how to correct pronounce the planet's name. Don't be a schmuck.

@@javiermoretti1825 damn who hurt you?

@@zipzingg No one. I'm highly educated and I'm tired of this predictable juvenile attempts at humor, especially when the pronunciation is categorically wrong.

@@javiermoretti1825 Sounds like you have a stick up Uranus

@@zipzingg You make my point, exactly.

We’re made of stardust. We’ve already been there

Take 3 big puffs of DMT

​@@PHDiaz-vv7yo stay delusional

@@Ben-Dover777 well he is correct.

@@herorisk sure buddy

As a brit, I prefer Quinto. He just has a nicer voice for narration. Doesn't really matter to me that he's not a scientist since his script is based on science.

Quinto is Spock. Your comment is illogical.

Rings around Uranus. Probing Uranus. Methane found in Uranus.

Idk why you all have to joke about it it’s not funny it’s not cute it’s just science and astronomy quit ruining it with bad jokes please cause some people come here to learn about this stuff and you just ruin it so STOP!!

@@pineseeker6162 wow. Chill out.

Can’t wait for the scientists to rename it to Urectum and end it once and for all.

@@sidolan no cause it’s true and they ruin it with bad jokes I don’t need to they need to learn to filter there mouth

maybe their formed from the rocky planet that collided with uranus

@@ortherner yeah maybe the rocky planet hit Uranus at a angle and half of it got eaten by Uranus and half became rings

I asked my teacher this and he said since the planet was now rotating on its side, everything orbiting the planet slowly started changing its orbits from horizontal to vertical due to its tidal forces of the rotation of the planet.

@@TinyWeirdo huh

To mean uranius Halo

Kudos to your education for "there" amazing work

@@thecommonsenseconservative5576 There is a lot of cgi in this video to show the planet at different angles, I don’t think this guy is saying he doesn’t think the planet is real

@@youresoold1216 you missed my point completely. Stop watching science videos until you get my point

@@thecommonsenseconservative5576 my bad man, I’m dumb haha

Yes beautiful for position with ring 😍

Knew I should have read down the comments first. Oh, well.

What do you mean by spinning? It's still spinning around the sun and around its axis. The only effect the hit had was the wild tilt like a gyroscope trying to stabilize and different rotation.

@@carlojg8541 Uranus is orbiting around the sun due to the latter's gravitational pull. But if Uranus was hit by another object, it would then 'spin' endlessly in another direction (there's no friction in space/vacuum environment). Right now, it feels as if Uranus got hit 90°off and an invisible hand held its position nicely, stopping it from that continuous spin

@@chuatekyan The planet was probably rotating very quickly on its axis (it now has a day of just over 17 hours) when the collision occurred, so this axial rotation would stabilise the inclination due to the high amount of angular momentum.

Scientists concluded it's titled for better penetration

Yes because I heard its center of gravity or something doesn't pass through its middle but rather is deviated to out of the center, which means its not in an equilibrium state. Hence making it wobbly.

No, Uranus and its rings north-south axis points in the same direction as it orbits the Sun, so we would see a different aspect of it over its 84 year orbit. At the moment it is almost face on, but in 40 years or so it will look almost edge on. It is too far away to be tidally locked.

No Uranus is bound to the toilet 🚽