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From: jp@lanl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Uranus's axis
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Date: Thu, 6-Feb-86 20:56:10 EST
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>I know that Uranus's axis of rotation is tilted ~90 degrees from the
>normal, perpendicular-to-ecliptic axis.  This means that the axis
>lies in the plane of the ecliptic, but which way does it point?  
>Does it point at the sun, or is it tangent to the orbit, or some
>angle in between?

The answer to the last question is:  Yes.