I can imagine standing on the southern pole looking up at the Sun move in circles. Bizarre.

Poor Uranus, always the "butt" of jokes. I see what you did there, Astrum 😂

@alexadiestro9232

5 жыл бұрын

Uranus: Stop It You Joker

@discoreapor8154

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexadiestro9232 if uranus had emotions and could move around, it could wipe out all life on earth without even noticing anything

@Mingle481

4 жыл бұрын

*StOp It YoU jOkEr*

@Danial_Star368

4 жыл бұрын

Don't speak Uranus's name!

@Danial_Star368

4 жыл бұрын

You joke!

I hope that NASA will send a spacesatelite to Uranus and Neptune so they can get more information about the two ice giants ☺️❄️

@shangabriel-newchannelshan3996

4 жыл бұрын

Dood Neptune is storm

@giansaculsan1839

4 жыл бұрын

That hurts my anus so bad

@jm5390

4 жыл бұрын

Anton Kæseler Grell There are talks of sending two orbiters (like Cassini and Juno) to both Uranus and Neptune sometime around 2030. They wouldn’t arrive until the 2040’s, but at least scientists are now giving both ice giants a hard look.

@burtmaclinfbi3993

2 жыл бұрын

@@jm5390 Let's hope these scientists aren't old AF.

@davidlafleche1142

Жыл бұрын

@@burtmaclinfbi3993 They'd have to be old, because the public school system certainly isn't teaching KIDS anything useful!

There's an alternative theory that is connected to the migration theory of Uranus and Neptune. Scientists have hypothesized that they formed much closer to the sun, but due to a resonance of the orbit of Jupiter and Saturn (Jupiter was orbiting exactly twice for every one of Saturn's orbits), they were pushed out and even switched positions, suggesting that Neptune started out as closer but moved past Uranus. All this moving about and shifting may have contributed to Uranus' tilt.

"It makes you wonder what on Earth the weather would be like on Uranus." On Earth. 😂 Nice video and cheers to Mr. Brightmore (good name for someone looking at the stars) for sharing his time!

@NaturesChild

6 жыл бұрын

Mikal R, it has its own micro climate... 98.6 degrees with regular hot winds and mud slides.

@YusafAnimations

4 жыл бұрын

XD ON EARTH I GET IT THE DIFFERENT ur...anus....

@BlaBoy17

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I’m freezing cold please don’t come to me or suffer hypothermia

I live near cleethorpes and never knew there was an astronomical society, I'll have to look into them.

If Uranus is on its side. It's because it's probably getting a colonoscopy.

@dr.a006

5 жыл бұрын

SirMenace16 they did send a probe to Uranus to take pictures.

@jonahansen

4 жыл бұрын

OK. That really was funny, if obvious. I DID giggle a bit. But it could also be because...

@rarebird_82

3 жыл бұрын

Ahahahaha!

@KariIzumi1

2 жыл бұрын

Bruh 🤣🙃

@elleni-41

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂.. great comment..

I could listen to that man all day

@alexadiestro9232

5 жыл бұрын

Uranus: Really? Are you sure?

@tomekm.2505

4 жыл бұрын

Love his northern accent

I’m so glad I’ve come across your videos. I love watching and listening to things about space.

Spectacular video! Uranus is a very mysterious planet! I can't wait for more! You make amazing videos! Thanks a lot!

I can't get enough of the outer planets, looking forward to more great videos from you. Thanks!

I just love the pictures you put on your channle, being able to see stills of the actual planet just puts me in awe.

Just to make sure I got it right, Uranus' south pole is not face locked to the sun, check? Half an uranian year later its north pole is constantly bathed in sunlight, correct?

@astrumspace

8 жыл бұрын

+L Galicki Correct!

@MCTutorialmaker

8 жыл бұрын

I think the tidal forced at such a huge distance are too weak for them to be locked in synchronous rotation.. In some billion years it might happen though..

@mangeshmandlik3772

6 жыл бұрын

Correct! It also means that apart from the 8 degrees around the poles, every other place on Uranus has the Sun at the zenith at some time. I wouldn't call such days 'sunny' though!

@alexadiestro9232

5 жыл бұрын

Uranus: It's Uranian is me?

@robinswamidasan

5 жыл бұрын

@@mangeshmandlik3772 Close! But not exactly. The period of rotation of Uranus is 17 hrs approximately (I believe at the surface it may vary with latitude.) The trace of the solar zenith on the surface of Uranus would form a spiral which moves from 82 deg N (summer solstice) to 82 deg S (winter sostice). This does not cover every place / point on the surface of Uranus. [Zenith == the point on the meridian where altitude = 90 degrees.]

Alex, This was a really great video man. Awesome job :)

I've seen many videos about Uranus and could not understand well, till the old man demonstrated a ball with a stick penetrated inside. It explained everything about Uranus

@mr.niceguy8533

3 жыл бұрын

So the stick penetrates URANUS? ouch.

Another nice video. Keep up the fantastic work.👍

awesome vid as always! great job mate, cheers

excellent explanation!

Uranus is always watching the passage for when the shepherd is returning. In a way he bowed for him.

Nicely done! Thanks!

You did a great job! If I didn't read that this was a project you completed for a class at your University, I would have never known. It's something you would see on the Science Channel here in the US.

Great video thanks for uploading it

It was a very useful vedio for me it helped me alot and the explanation of the old person - Michael Brightmore was too good. This vedio help me in many way alot. I didn't even know that Uranus rotates like this!!! It was a useful vedio for me.

THANK YOU ASTRUM FOR GIVING US THIS INFORMATION ABOUT PLANTS 👍👍👍👍👍

Your content is amazing.

@u.v.s.5583

4 жыл бұрын

Uranus is amazing too!

Thanks, Alex! Thanks, Michael! 🔵

Great job! It's amazing how a simple explanation from a true expert really improve the quality of videos

If the Nice-model is correct, it was Neptune that toppled Uranus as it was "jumping" over it after being pushed out of its original orbit by Jupiter and Saturn's gravity.

If I were to venture a guess, I'd wager that the weather on Uranus is, ahem, windy.

that was a great one!

Facinating !!

NASA is planning some missions to the ice giants in the 2030s. By the time the Uranus spacecraft arrives, It will likely be near the 50th anniversary of the Voyager 2 flyby.

The more I’ve read up on Uranus, the more interesting it becomes. The fact we haven’t sent any probes or orbiters is quite sad, but luckily that appears to be changing. Hope we get multiple missions to Uranus and it’s moons during the next few decades.

Nice video

The position of Uranus when i was born,rounding around the Sun,Its on the half way now to compete the round. Thank you for uploading

Honestly I wish the astronomical society would simply rescind the name Uranus and call it Maurice. A full mission on the scale of Cassini and Juno is needed for this planet, neptune and hopefully the principal Kuiper belt objects like Pluto and Eris. Orbiting satellites could provide literally mountain loads of science.

@johnpooky84

9 ай бұрын

No, the only way to get rid of the jokes is to rename it "Urectum"

when u said cleethorpes astronomical society... I was like wut.. i live there lol.

i just cant get enough of uranus, please show us more XD

i have to subscribe after watching your videos i have no other option, thanks.

@astrumspace

8 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry it has come to this xD

@zigzagduck952

6 жыл бұрын

Yup! Me to.

Thanks Astrum

despite the immaturity of the majority of kids in high school, simply its axis and rotation is why it is my favorite planet in the solar system. nothing else like it.

@aft5264

5 жыл бұрын

yung noire I don’t get why they gave it such a stupid name. All people do is act immature about it and it’s annoying.

why there is no dedicated mission to uranus & neptune like jupiter and saturn had ?

@Emdee5632

6 жыл бұрын

Not sure, since Pluto, even further away from the sun DID have its own dedicated mission, the New Horizons probe. NASA went there because Pluto is still relatively close to the sun and they were afraid its atmosphere would freeze over if they attempted a later mission, when Pluto will be even further away. That is not the case with Uranus and Neptune. I guess they are just less interested in Uranus and Neptune. Smaller and colder than Jupiter or Saturn. Several missions have been proposed , but they were either scrapped or put on ice. We will probably go there one day, but not before the 2020s or 2030s, I think.

@iceberg789

6 жыл бұрын

i see, but they deserve their dedicated satellites though.

@iceberg789

6 жыл бұрын

well, that is unfortunate. :/

@blackbirdpie217

6 жыл бұрын

Voyager 2 got a good long look at Uranus. Sacrifices were made, in speed and trajectory, it took quite a bit longer to reach Jupiter and Saturn, it was turned toward Uranus and Neptune. These Planets were aligned so ideally that it could have all these planets as its dedicated primary mission targets as would not happen again for a long time. It actually was fully dedicated to all of these planets. They just had an opportunity to be able to visit them all. Whether any other planets were on the agenda or not, this was as fully dedicated as any mission could have been. Pluto was never visited by any probe, and its size prohibited a clear look at this distance even with Hubble. There are still many questions about every planet, but at least now we have a fundamental knowledge of Uranus, Neptune and now, Pluto.

@ardalla535

6 жыл бұрын

Probably because of funding. Placing humans on Mars has top priority, and it's very expensive. I think advanced AI and robotics is the way to go instead; but that apparently doesn't inspire the public as much as putting delicate protoplasm on a hostile planet at exorbitant cost: human ego at work.

I wonder why no modelling of the kind of impact that would account for its tilt has been done. Or has it? I've not encountered a video about it if that's any indication. Maybe Brady Haran could ask one of the Nottingham astronomers, or maybe you could.

This has always baffeled me this planet. I love this planet Iv learned alot about it just from that. But of jokes. Lol Thanks Al

Just few seconds in and I already giggled… "Uranus is world of mystery." 😂👍

I thought that it is currently widely accepted that it was the gravitational interaction between it's neighbors that 'swept it off of its feet' and caused it to basically lay on its side.

Nice universe sandbox footage

very interesting man.still miss the monacle and eyebrows though

I enjoyed this video. I've complained about the background music in a few of your videos. My concern the background music would be too irritating caused me to delay watching more of your videos. I was pleasantly surprised not to have irritating music playing this time. I hope your future video will use a similar approach to music.

I though he was about to say: I visited Uranus for a closer look

Oh WOW, hi Amy!!!😀

Question. I thought the hemisphere closest to the sun was experiencing winter. Am I remembering it wrong? Because I distinctly remember being taught that we were technically "closer" to the sun in the winter. It makes sense that it could also be the opposite tho, because the sun is lower in the southern sky during the winter, meaning the northern hemisphere (where I'm at) is leaning away from the sun... So which is it? Or are both correct, in that yes the northern hemisphere is leaning back away from the sun, but that somehow makes it closer?

@hottinroof7159

Жыл бұрын

Hemisphere receiving sunlight has summers. For example summers in Northern Hemisphere is in mar,Apr, May,June, at the same time countries in southern Hemisphere experiences winter season like Australia, New Zealand, Argentina

@VoltisArt

Жыл бұрын

To explain the confusion between the two things, Earth's orbit is not the same distance to the sun at different points of the year, and the difference in distance is much bigger than our entire planet. Over millions of years the distance and even the shape of the orbit change gradually, but our current yearly pattern has the planet closer to the sun during the southern summer, or the end and beginning of calendar years. We're farther away in the middle of the year, when it's summer in the north. The distance is not, however, enough to make the difference between summer and winter. We have many layers of atmosphere and magnetosphere to thank for this, otherwise we'd all be irradiated and without air to breathe. Summers are actually milder in the southern hemisphere and yearly temperatures less extreme, thanks to higher humidity from the oceans. The hemisphere _facing_ the sun is more directly lit and experiences summer. The hemisphere _facing away_ receives more angled sunlight so what's received is more spread out, and more is reflected away into space, so it experiences winter. Both hemispheres receive sunlight, though beyond the Arctic and Antarctic circle, the daylight or night will last _up to_ 24 hours per day for months, depending on the season. (Neither end is six months of only day or only night, despite some of the simple diagrams on the web.)

I am on an Astrum marathon today. So far, I have watched 10 videos and it's only10am

@rarebird_82

3 жыл бұрын

An ass strum marathon..? Oo-er!

Please do a video on dwarf planets

Luckily, in the future, professor Farnsworth will tell us the name will be changed due to the fact that people keep making fun of Uranus...it hence will be called urectum :-)

"...the butt of jokes..." he couldn't resist LOL

The comments here, "Question: why do Uranus’ rings...", "The more I’ve read up on Uranus, the more interesting it becomes...", "i just cant get enough of uranus, please show us more XD"

I like hearing why the bottom of Uranus is tilted up so high.

@alexadiestro9232

5 жыл бұрын

Uranus: Whatever I'm just lying on it's side

I liked the use of universe sandbox I this video

Titania, Uranus' second largest moon is actually really interesting too. It has an atmosphere - you are most welcome find out more here @

I am so happy that I succesfully saw this video before noobs comment Uranus jokes. PS: Like all of your videos, this is great ! I think you deserve way more subscribes.

Is Uranus tilted 90 degree or the space around Uranus is tilted? I asked this because I have notice that the ring of Uranus is also tilted that way.

That bass in the intro made me fall out of my chair because I had the volume up high.

What is the name of the song used in the intro and outro?

It always been scary to me to think of how a massive object knocked Uranus onto its side. I know Jupiter tends to protect the earth from impacts by drawing large objects to it as they traverse from the outer regions, but still if something like the Uranus impact had hit the earth what would the after effect scenario be? Would the earth be obliterated or would it be knocked completely out of orbit and sent careering and would our axis change? The other thing I've always wondered is that whilst the solar system seems to me to be relatively stable now, what is the possibility of a planet killer object coming into contact with earth and how massive would it be? I'm talking the scale of object that hit Uranus. Some people talk about a large planet size object nearing or moving into our solar system from outside, how does this work?Also if one planet got knocked out of its orbit even slightly would that affect the other planets in the solar system?

@astrumspace

6 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't worry about something like that happening anytime soon (in the next few million years), like you mentioned the solar system is pretty stable now. This collision with Uranus would likely have happened billions of years ago.

@VynetteLisa1

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Astrum. I figured that was probably the case but still I'm curious to know what you think would be the repercussions of such an event occurring or are there too many variables. Something big enough to tip a planet would be an extinction event for us but what would that model look as it applies to earth and the impacts on the rest of the solar system?

@inlovewithi

5 жыл бұрын

Honestly, you should always take these "reasons" with a grain of salt. Nobody knows the reason why it's spinning on it's side. I tend to imagine that it's due to scientific reasons that are far out of human knowledge at the moment.

Question: why do Uranus’ rings and moons orbit along its equator? Wouldn’t they still approximately orbit in the planetary plane, assuming they were already there when it was hit and knocked over? Our own moon does not orbit along our equator, but at a much shallower angle of about 5 degrees to the planetary plane. If Earth was like Uranus, our moon would orbit along our equator and also be tilted approx 25 degrees just like the planet. Is there an explanation for this? Regards

@VoltisArt

Жыл бұрын

Rings and moons are all extensions of a planet, even if they came from someplace else. They're locked in their orbits by the _planet's_ gravity, so generally have little to do with the ecliptic plane, or at least much less than the planet itself does. Your example above of our moon is actually proof that both the sun and planet are influences, but at a higher angle and distance, Uranus wins the tug-o-war in deciding where its moons orbit. In Uranus's past, it could be that whatever moons were present remained on the ecliptic plane for a time, but were dragged into more stable orbits after the new rotational direction was settled.

Can you do a video on the moon, Yourcolon?

If it was due to being hit, wouldn't Uranus keep spinning in that direction? Even if it also keeps rotating?

I think that the other planets perform a sort of gravity driven sweeping action that protects Earth, though it is not 100% effective. Perhaps Uranus simply sweeps the gaps?

Not only is Uranus a butt of jokes.. It is also a joke of butts...

Definite observable axial tilt of that comb over.

What if another planet was within the same orbital pattern around the sun as Uranus (maybe Neptune? or maybe even the mysterious Planet 9?) and as the planets continued to grow they collided thus knocking Uranus to its side and knocking the other planet into a different orbital pattern?

I got a, perhaps stupid, question. Since there isn't any resistance in space, wouldn't Uranus tumble continuously after being hit? Why would it tilt to just over 90-degrees and then just stay that way?

@astrumspace

6 жыл бұрын

That's not a stupid question at all! It did tumble for a long time, but it's conservation of angular momentum meant that eventually it came to a rest at 90 degrees. The best way I can describe it is like a spinning top, when you first spin it, it is chaotic as you didn't apply the force evenly. But after a second or two, it starts spinning neatly on its top.

"Uranus... The only planet known to be the butt of jokes." Puns...

Nice

Wonder where the Goldilocks zone is for a planet like this? As the facing side would not know the cooling effect of having a night side? So could be much further from the sun and still support life.

@craigs733

5 жыл бұрын

Charles Weeman It's a gas giant, it can't support life regardless

@VoltisArt

Жыл бұрын

While Craig is probably not wrong about gas planets, the "Goldilocks zone" is a distance from a particular star where radiation levels are acceptable for life, not a place or direction on any planet.

How do we even determine which hemisphere on Uranus is north or south?

Eunice was rotating really funny😂

Cool

I hear that there is a 5 point stirm based around a pole of Uranus...I am currently investigating cyclone B tech and the movement of winds and tides...to create such a heavey storm (5 point storm) with cyclone B tech, would mean a huge draw on surrounding winds and tides...this extra mass, drawn to the area, could equal a result of counterbalance to the planet and result in one side being unnaturally heavier...Is this why the rotation is at such an angle?

@bozzy84

3 жыл бұрын

This could be intentionally created- as to create enough focused UV light and heat from the Sun - due to its large distance from the Sun and the need for ligh and heat to be guaranteed, to create habbitable conditions upon part of Uranus.

@bozzy84

3 жыл бұрын

For the population of Uranus...there could be a suggestion of creating a volcano belt around the equator...to push backnthe cold tide from the otherside of the planet...withbscience...

@bozzy84

3 жыл бұрын

"4 Equitorial locations in balance, based at places of deep ice or previous oceans. A multiple firing mechanism based upon a tightening spiraling corkscrew flight path. With hollow tip and egg shaped aerodynamics. Material- an electronically cast and purified iron

Ok, at the risk of sounding stupid, I really need to ask this in order to understand something... all of the planets in solar system except for venus and Uranus rotate counter clockwise.. so Uranus rotates clockwise. but Uranus' axis is tilted 97.7 degrees. DOESN'T THAT MEAN that Uranus actually rotates counterclockwise (just like other planets) with axis tilted by 7.7 degrees? OR does Uranus actually spin counterclockwise just like the rest of the solar system, but because of its axis tilt being greater than 90 degrees, it's rotation appears to be clockwise orientated? Do they mean Uranus rotates clockwise considering the axis angle or clockwise regardless the axis? I mean at 97.5 degrees of tilt and clockwise rotation, simply switch over your relative up and down (north and south poles) and suddenly you end up with counterclockwise rotation at 7.5 degrees of tilt. I really can't wrap my head around that.. I'm actually looking for a help pointing out the flaw in my conclusion rather than confirmation, because I'm pretty sure there is one, it's just eating me out I can't find it.. EDIT: thinking further about that, for me it seem Uranus is rotating clockwise with 82.5 degrees tilt (180-97.5)

We are now told that Earth was also (probably) hit by a large body. I wonder why our axis wasn't affected like Uranus's.

He seems to contradict himself. Twice he says that it's "rolling around the sun", which would mean that it ALWAYS has it's southern pole facing the sun, but then when discussing the weather patterns he seems to indicate that it's NOT "rolling around" and that sometimes the south pole faces the Sun and sometimes (half an orbit later) the north pole is facing the Sun. Which is it? Rolling or not rolling?

"Uranus is just over 90 degrees" Oh my...

Hopefully one day they will send modern probes to the outermost planets to capture more detail. Probably won't be for many years however.

I don’t understand how something knocked into it and tipped it over. It’s a gas giant. Wouldn’t whatever hit it just pass through it?

You do realise that your title is asking for trouble in the comments section 😂

@u.v.s.5583

4 жыл бұрын

My anus is on the side because I'm sleeping on my side.

The PLANET Pluto is actually further than Neptune. The PLANET Pluto's unusual solar orbit placed it inside Neptune's orbit until 1999 when the PLANET Pluto once again became the furthest PLANET in the Solar System.

@astrumspace

6 жыл бұрын

I feel like there's some underlying message in your comment but I just can't get it... ;)

@finaoo1167

6 жыл бұрын

Yeeahhh, I'll just go ahead and make sure you get another copy of that memo, mmkay?

East or west, Uranus is the best... \o/

It only rolls around the sun for nearly half of its orbit. For the other half, it rolls against the orbit. Or, you could say that it rolls on the bottom (from our point of view) for half of its orbit, and rolls on the top for the other half.

@VoltisArt

Жыл бұрын

Quarters would be a little closer, I suspect. I believe the equinoxes involve drifting sideways to the "roll."

If that' true, then it has a perpetual day facing the sun and a perpetual night facing away, similar to our moon?

@VoltisArt

Жыл бұрын

No body in the solar system has that arrangement with the sun because they're not close enough, including Mercury. The planets all have their poles pointing a mostly consistent direction in the galaxy while going around the sun. To demonstrate for yourself, walk around an object (like a lamp) in your house while facing the same wall the whole time. Some moons (and some dwarf planets like Pluto) are tidally locked to their nearest neighbor. They all still rotate and half their time is split between day and night.

Could be effects of pulling from a system on its way

Cleethorpes ! Not far from my home town 👍

Heh, Heh...! You said, "Butt of jokes."

This is just a theory, but maybe Uranus is on its side just to make it easier for us to probe. Such an eager planet.

@netbotcl586

4 жыл бұрын

isn't it harder? it costs more energy to adjust the orbit to uranus orbit.

@quistan2

4 жыл бұрын

@@netbotcl586 I'm sure if it's "harder", it just depends on the angle of the probes approach.

Uranus is very exciting

Could the coliolous effect be the reason why Uranuas rotates on its side and if so, could that occur with Earth 🌎?

@VoltisArt

Жыл бұрын

Coriolis? That's what makes storms tend to spin a particular direction depending on which hemisphere they're on. (It doesn't affect little things like toilets and bathtubs, despite what we were taught as kids.) It doesn't flip anything sideways _after_ that thing starts spinning.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, BUTT of jokes, well done.

why is urbottom in the center?

Well, I have to admit I sleep on my side. 🤣🤣