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What do astronomers believe caused the sideways axial rotation of Uranus?

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The weight of the ice on its poles caused it to tilt
It is a product of retrograde rotation.
It likely collided with another large body in space long ago.
Any planet more than 15 AU from the sun "adapts" with a sideways axial rotation.

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It likely collided with another large body in space long ago.
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