A day at Uranus just got 28 seconds longer

How long is a day on Uranus? Slightly longer than we thought, it seems

Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we now know that a day on Uranus lasts for 28 seconds longer than previously thought - a difference that could be crucial in planning future missions to the gas giant

A day at Uranus just got 28 seconds longer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A day at Uranus just got a little longer. Scientists reported Monday that observations by the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed it takes Uranus 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 seconds to complete a full rotation. That’s 28 seconds longer than estimates by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft in the 1980s. A French-led team studied a decade’s worth of aurora observations at the ice giant to track its magnetic poles. That long-t…

A day on Uranus just got 28 seconds longer

A day at Uranus just got a little longer

Neptune and Uranus could contain large oceans of water.

Neptune and Uranus could contain large oceans of water. Souce We have a very good investigation of Neptune and very spec... by jorgebgt