Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted (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 by Strange
Deleted spammy link
Posted

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/

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.