Uranus rotates on its side, dragging its magnetic field along with it @badastronomy
Uranus rotates on its side, dragging its magnetic field along with it @badastronomy
Uploaded March 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The giant planet Uranus has a rotation axis (dark blue arrow on the right) tipped 98° from its orbit, so it rotates "on its side". The magnetic field (shown in orange lines) is tipped about 60° from that (the magnetic axis pole is the light blue arrow spinning around), so it whips around. The direction to the Sun is indicated by the yellow arrow.

Credit: NASA/Scientific Visualization Studio/Tom Bridgman
Original link: jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2020-056
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Uranus rotates on its side, dragging its magnetic field along with it

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