Wikibooks: The Universe Made Simple/The Solar System/Uranus

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Jupiter; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Universe_Made_Simple/The_Solar_System/Uranus

=Uranus= Uranus is the first planet that was discovered in modern times. It was previously disregarded as another star in the sky. A unique feature about Uranus is that the axis is nearly parallel to the ecliptic so the South Pole points almost directly at the sun. However the equator is hotter than...