GK
SOLAR SYSTEM
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Question
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Which planet rotates COMPLETELY ON ITS SIDE?
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Mars
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Uranus
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Neptune
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Venus
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Uranus’ axis is so tilted, it actually looks like the planet is rotating on its side.
Detailed explanation-2: -Uranus is, in effect, spinning on its side. The generally accepted theory is that in the past a body a few times more massive than Earth collided with Uranus, knocking the planet on its side.
Detailed explanation-3: -One day on Pluto takes about 153 hours. Its axis of rotation is tilted 57 degrees with respect to the plane of its orbit around the Sun, so it spins almost on its side. Pluto also exhibits a retrograde rotation; spinning from east to west like Venus and Uranus.
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