Uranus' odd tilt: Scientists might have solved the puzzle
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Uranus has remarkable differences from its 'planetary twin' Neptune. One such contrast is the tilt angle of 98 degrees. This makes the planet's direction of spin almost perpendicular to that of its orbit. According to a new paper released on the preprint website arXiv, researchers claim that the migration of one of Uranus' former satellites caused it to tip over.