Who's excited for another episode of
Cooking w/ Gladz
?
I sure was! So I hopped into the Events Channel on Discord to join Nova Defense as she streamed the assembly of a delicious pan pizza.
Sadly, I had to leave early, but the event is still going on, with a lot of participants and fun discussions! Nova could use your moral support! Join in now.
The axial tilt of Uranus is nearly 98 degrees, which is approximately 90 degrees sideways to the other planets in the Solar System. This near-right angle means that the planet rotates on its side, and thus experiences the most extreme seasons in our Solar System.
The reason for this tilt is commonly believed to at least two collisions during the formation of the Solar System -- not one titanic collision as previously thought, since Uranus's major moons do not have retrograde motion as such an event would have caused.
Continents move at about the same rate your fingernails grow.
That's right! Tectonic plates are in constant motion, and they shift a matter of a few centimeters per year: approximately the same rate as the growth of human fingernails.