scienceafrique Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) A young Scientist has gone ahead to explain the Mystery of why Uranus has Vertical Rings, rather than the horizontal rings seen in other ringed planets. In the early years of our solar system, protoplanets (bodies developing to become planets) collided in violent giant impacts that helped create the worlds we see today. Most researches hold the belief that Uranus’ spin was the result of a one of these collisions. While it is not yet possible to recreate planets in the lab and smash them together to see what happens, what Jacob and his team did was to create computer models simulating the events using a powerful supercomputer as the next best thing. LINK DELETED Edited January 25, 2019 by Strange Deleted spammy link
Strange Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 ! Moderator Note This is not a place to advertise your web site The scientist concerned, Jacob Kegerreis, has written about their work here: https://theconversation.com/how-did-uranus-end-up-on-its-side-weve-been-finding-out-109894
scienceafrique Posted January 25, 2019 Author Posted January 25, 2019 4 hours ago, Strange said: ! Moderator Note This is not a place to advertise your web site The scientist concerned, Jacob Kegerreis, has written about their work here: https://theconversation.com/how-did-uranus-end-up-on-its-side-weve-been-finding-out-109894 noted.
Airbrush Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 I saw an episode of "How the Universe Works" that suggested a double whammy tipped Uranus on it's side. "....The surprising discovery was that if Uranus was not tilted in one go, as is commonly thought, but rather was bumped in at least two smaller collisions, then there is a much higher probability of seeing the moons orbit in the direction we observe."Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2011-10-series-uranus-sideways.html#jCp However the more recent data suggests a single impact by a mass twice of the Earth. "...This latest study builds on other evidence pointing to impacts as the cause of Uranus' tilt. Once such study suggested multiple impacts were responsible, but that line of evidence hasn't persisted." Anyone know why the "double impact" theory has not persisted? https://curiosity.com/topics/astronomers-may-have-discovered-why-uranus-is-tipped-over-curiosity/
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