April 16, 1999
Computer Animation of Uranus Reveals Unusual Features
Astronomers have used images from the Hubble Space Telescope to produce a computer-generated motion picture of the rotation of Uranus and its rings. The video shows characteristics that scientists say they might never have discerned from still images, such as a wobble in the planet's rings.
The animation also shows seasonal changes in the gaseous planet, whose northern hemisphere is now enjoying what passes
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