Which of these is true about the seasons of Uranus?
A) With a tilt of 29 degrees, they are not that different from our solstices and equinoxes.
B) Its strange tilt produces extreme seasonal variations, especially at the poles.
C) At the Uranian equator, the Sun would pass overhead every sixteen hours.
D) At the Uranian pole the Sun sets every 16 hours during the summer and winter.
E) There are no seasons at the poles.
Question 2
What mechanism is most responsible for generating the internal heat of Io that drives the volcanic activity?
A) accretion
B) radioactive decay
C) differentiation
D) tidal heating
E) bombardment
A true albino squirrel. Note the pink eyes.
William Herschel, discoverer of Uranus
Uranus's aurorae against its equatorial rings, imaged by the Hubble telescope. Unlike the auror
Uranus's southern hemisphere in approximate natural colour (left) and in shorter wavelengths (r
Adapoids and omomyoids had longer snouts and are the first “true” primates.
The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night