US EditionUranus Rotation Period Revised After Decades of Uncertainty
- A French-led team, using Hubble data, refined Uranus' rotation period, publishing findings April 7 in Nature Astronomy.
- Astronomers sought more accurate measurements of Uranus, which Voyager 2 first estimated in the 1980s.
- Hubble's long-term aurora observations allowed the team to track Uranus' magnetic poles over a decade.
- Lead author Laurent Lamy stated, "The continuous observations from Hubble were crucial" for this measurement.
- Uranus now has a rotation period of 17 hours, 14 minutes, and 52 seconds, 28 seconds longer than prior estimates.
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n1info.rsScientists announced today that the Hubble space telescope confirmed that the planet Uranus needs 17 hours 14 minutes and 52 seconds to rotate, which is 28 seconds more than the Voyager 2 telescope estimate made in the eighties of the last century.
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