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[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are you calling a planet with an axial tilt of 82.23ยฐ "bland"?

[โ€“] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Visually, yeah, can hardly tell it's spinning on its side

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fair enough. The ice giants are difficult to see from Earth anyway. I can't wait for the upcoming Uranus orbiter!

[โ€“] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah I'm for sure interested in what probes could tell us about the inner structure of ice giants.