Which of the Following Are Unusual About Uranus

question 51

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are unusual about Uranus?

• A) ice on its surface has an unusual bluish-green color
• B) its axis of rotation, orientation of rings, and orbits of its moons are perpendicular to those of every other planet in the Solar System
• C) it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet
• D) its orbit sometimes takes it closer to the Sun than Mars
• E) none of these

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