Why Uranus Rolls Around the Sun

Uranus rotates with an extreme axial tilt of about 98 degrees, causing it to roll around the Sun on its side. Because of this, each pole experiences decades of continuous daylight followed by decades of darkness. These conditions create the most extreme seasons in the solar system — unlike anything seen on other planets. @BeyondEarthBuckleUp Image Credit: NASA/Lawrence Sromovsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison/W.W. Keck Observatory #uranus #AxialTilt #planetaryscience #solarsystem #astronomy #spacescience #spaceshorts #beyondearthbuckleup #nasaimages