Why is Uranus Colder Than Neptune if Neptune is Farther From The Sun?

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Uranus and Neptune are the most distant planets in the solar system; both share similar characteristics that are classified with their category, Icy Giants, because both have shallow temperatures. However, even though Neptune is the farthest planet, Uranus is the coldest. Why is this happening?
Let's find out!
In the solar system, we have observed that the planets closest to the sun are usually hotter and the farthest ones colder. However, this rule is not always followed since Venus is the hottest planet, even though Mercury is the closest.
In the case of Uranus, something similar happens since it is colder than Neptune, although the latter is a billion kilometers farther away. While Neptune, the most distant planet in our Solar System, is 4500 million kilometers from the Sun, Uranus, the second farthest planet, is only 2880 million kilometers away and is colder.
The atmosphere is more important than the distance
While the distance to the sun is a critical factor that determines the temperatures of the planets, probably the atmosphere is even more so; for example, in the case of Venus, it is much hotter than Mercury because its dense atmosphere traps heat and does not let it out, which causes a lasting greenhouse effect that keeps the surface of the planet consistently above 480 ° C.
In the case of Uranus, the atmosphere also plays a crucial role in understanding why it is colder than Neptune.
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00:00 Intro
01:20 The atmosphere is more important than the distance
07:49 The tilt of both planets
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@arx3516 Жыл бұрын

If Uranus is too cold then maybe you should try some Taco Bell...

@glenrosarian2352 Жыл бұрын

I'm staggered by the wind speeds in Neptune's upper atmosphere. They could probably rip you to shreds.

@jensphiliphohmann1876 Жыл бұрын

They definitely would - unless they stay roughly the same over wide distances so that you can simply travel with them.

@electrikoptik Жыл бұрын

They’d probably rip uranus apart.

@dudermcdudeface3674 Жыл бұрын

It's wind shear that destroys you. The speed of a cloud band would just carry you calmly.

@eulalawrence1222 Жыл бұрын

@@electrikoptik You beat me down to it, Damn it!

@jubjub15 Жыл бұрын

We absolutely need to explore Uranus more!

@ligondesenuts769 Жыл бұрын

Ayo?

@stanisdeadprobably Жыл бұрын

yeah both meanings

@robotnikkkk001 Жыл бұрын

..........IN 2620,ACCORDINGLY TO FUTURAMA,IT'LL BE RENAMED INTO *_URRECTUM_* ,NICE?? =CANT WAIT THAT FOR MYSELF INDEED WHEN THERE JOKES WILL BE CUT......HEHE......

@scottvelez3154 Жыл бұрын

You need to pay if you want to explore 😉

@kickassssnation027 Жыл бұрын

At least buy me dinner first.

@joserodrigues_br Жыл бұрын

So, Uranus is colder not only because the Sun doesn't shine there, but also, because of gases (1:21)?

@maurice4580 Жыл бұрын

Uranus has a lot of gas

@malcolmx86 Жыл бұрын

Stinky gas

@4realRecon Жыл бұрын

Huge balloon made from gas of fart

@nurventilatoren Жыл бұрын

makes sense

@robotnikkkk001 Жыл бұрын

......ACCORDINGLY TO FUTURAMA,IN 2620 IT'LL BE RENAMED INTO *_URRECTUM_* TO CUT THESE JOKES =........WAITING WITH IMPATIENCE,RIGHT???

@renewklear Жыл бұрын

Uranus is getting a lot of attention these days from various sources.

@lsudx479 Жыл бұрын

You mean like from your nose 👃🏼?

@lsudx479 Жыл бұрын

💨 💨 💨What does it smell like?

@DonSox Жыл бұрын

@@lsudx479 best smell in the world 🌍

@Psythik Жыл бұрын

@@lsudx479 it smells like Urine(nus)

@lsudx479 Жыл бұрын

@@Psythik 😂

@martinbaker3718 Жыл бұрын

I claim ownership of Uranus

@viking_nor Жыл бұрын

I bet you would😮

@renatod6527 Жыл бұрын

I love Uranus

@ameliadiaz8040 Жыл бұрын

@@renatod6527Me too

@utkarshdewan6072 Жыл бұрын

I will sue u

@quantumrace7417 Жыл бұрын

@@viking_nor sus

@decoren45 Жыл бұрын

I think all options of exploration of Uranus should be considered. I dont think they went far enough, I want them to announce to the world that hey soon, Uranus, were coming and were coming hard and fast and we wont leave Uranus alone until we've penetrated every last inch of that place. And just in case we've think weve done enough to Uranus to satisfy our curiosity I say we Penetrate again and again just to make sure we left our mark.

@four4eight Жыл бұрын

Ayo🤨

@Keralasha444 Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@ethelbertkharmuti8543 Жыл бұрын

URANUS NEPTUNE

@wafflesthegod8882 Жыл бұрын

For some reason this is the funniest shit I have ever read.

@graduator14 Жыл бұрын

Could Uranus turn into a black hole if it was large enough?

@henryhawthorn8849 Жыл бұрын

Uranus is quite cold but mine is very hot!😂

@scifisyko Жыл бұрын

I don’t know why something smacking into a planet hard enough to cause it’s axis to tilt wouldn’t ADD energy and therefore heat?

@swike784u7 Жыл бұрын

yeah I don't understand how that would work I'd say its cold mostly due to its incline 42 years in absolute dark for billions of years equals cold.

@thehybrid210 Жыл бұрын

Because it disrupts the planet's core. Of course that in the moment of impact it will generate A LOT of heat but it dissipates over a few decades. The core gets impared and the planet loses part of its magnetic field and atmospheric density with its ability to trap heat being also reduced. The core doesn't spin as fast and the heat generation is compromised

@kingofrannoch Жыл бұрын

I just wanted to know what could smack into a gas giant

@DS9TREK Жыл бұрын

Energy, even from huge collisions, doesn't last forever. I mean, Earth has cooled down from getting whacked by Theia

@lordgarion514 Жыл бұрын

Wr don't actually know if Earth got hit and merged with another planet. That scenario just happens to fit with what we see today. But as far as getting rid of heat is concerned. "Despite billions of years of cooling, our planet still has about half of the heat it was born with. Earth may have formed more than 4.5 billion years ago, but it's still cooling. A new study reveals that only about half of our planet's internal heat stems from natural radioactivity."

@Operager Жыл бұрын

Neptune might be slightly colder at -360 degrees Fahrenheit vs -357 degrees Fahrenheit. It depends on the source and there are many scientists who say Neptune is colder and others who say Uranus is. That is because they are both likely about the same temperature on average but either could be colder in any moment

@johnhawthorn5393 Жыл бұрын

How? The surface of both planets is like 2000 degrees Fahrenheit

@Operager Жыл бұрын

@@johnhawthorn5393 dude do you know anything about the solar system obviously they are cold as they are far from the sun

@naedanger123 Жыл бұрын

@@johnhawthorn5393Time for your medication sir

@cinder1667 Жыл бұрын

@@johnhawthorn5393 Lol what my guy?

@jensphiliphohmann1876 Жыл бұрын

@@johnhawthorn5393 Who told you so? It's completely wrong. Uranos doesn't even have a surface in that sense. It has a troposphere on whos lower end tje temperature is indeed 320K which is 47°C, a bit too warm for humans and at crushing 10MPa (100 times Earth's atmospheric pressure).

@adnannaemaz1989 Жыл бұрын

“A vast body collided with Uranus…” umm sir there are children here.

@tokita2802 Жыл бұрын

One day i will be able watching any Uranus video without laughing. One day

@squeekieballs5052 Жыл бұрын

No you/I won't.

@kennyfordham6208 Жыл бұрын

I'm 63, and I still laugh 😅.

@laurencewinch-furness9450 Жыл бұрын

It has the chemical composition of a fart. Seriously, methane and hydrogen with traces of hydrogen sulphide. (Which causes a fart's smell) The only difference is Uranus has helium in its atmosphere

@ChrisCooper312 Жыл бұрын

@@kennyfordham6208 hopefully you'll still be laughing when you're 69.

@kennyfordham6208 Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisCooper312 Definitely 😆!

@busterhikney6936 Жыл бұрын

Have always why uranus is so cold, especially after all the friction given to it during entry.

@misaokusakabe248 Жыл бұрын

Rofl

@joserodrigues_br Жыл бұрын

The good news is that Neptune is more active than Uranus (7:30)

@lsudx479 Жыл бұрын

What....like on OnlyFans?

@joeshittheragman6252 Жыл бұрын

I'm here to learn about the Solar System and laugh at Uranus jokes. And I'm all out of brain cells

@footballoldboy4818 Жыл бұрын

If I had my way, I would destroy Uranus

@bigdawggkev Жыл бұрын

My two favorite planets

@neptune1525 Жыл бұрын

❤😊

@enochnichols8304 Жыл бұрын

Uranus's assmosphere is gaseous!

@markmccullough5873 Жыл бұрын

It smells aweful.

@nocapnokizzy Жыл бұрын

hehe, assmosphere

@amazonbox181 3 ай бұрын

Lmao 💀😭

@_MIKIMOTO_ Жыл бұрын

Neptune has an internal heat source unlike Uranus causing it to be much warmer than it’s sister planet

@Osman-kv1vw Жыл бұрын

They both mean Neptune and Uranus Females are Saturn Venus Pluto Mars

@amangogna68 Жыл бұрын

Great information !

@Dyingtobeloved73 Жыл бұрын

Thank you❤😊

@sinistan1002 Жыл бұрын

I have it on good authority uranus is rather warm not cold 😄

@markmccullough5873 Жыл бұрын

I thought it was Neptune that was warm.

@rickbarnhart1218 Жыл бұрын

Why are the planets in our solar system so different from each other, chemically, atmospheric, heat, volume, and tilt and orbit? How is this possible?

@livingweaponnightmare Жыл бұрын

I found myself asking the same thing

@MP-vc4nu Жыл бұрын

Most like to do with the creation of the Solar System, It is unique enough to give birth for life on Earth

@desideratoRdam Жыл бұрын

Because when the sun formed, the disc of material separated in different atoms due to gravity and solar winds causing heavier elements to stay close to the sun, thus we find the most rocky planets close to the sun!

@brianwillis8447 Жыл бұрын

Stop right now, these questions will only lead you into never ending madness.

@chelseyschimmelman9999 Жыл бұрын

What if life on earth was a potato early on. And the sun baked it becoming everything we see. 😋😂

@bubblesgamer4007 Жыл бұрын

It’s not only there atmosphere but neptune has a core made out of carbon that turns into diamonds and you know you need a lot of heat and pressure to make diamonds so the core of neptune is the source of heat instead of the sun making neptune colder

@jensphiliphohmann1876 Жыл бұрын

We should investigate it more, and we need to hear more of this chilling music. 😎

@YodaMan. Жыл бұрын

we should really probe uranus more. uranus has so much to teach us.

@cheesypotat0es Жыл бұрын

I heard NASA wants to take a core sample from Uranus

@mohammadayubkhan999 Жыл бұрын

How on earth , I mean space are they gonna do that Uranus is 20au away from the sun and when we get to Uranus getting the sample from the core is hard there's cold temperatures strong winds and it's core is a 5000 degrees Celsius

@lordshaxx2165 Жыл бұрын

Only if they are gentle

@jlh4jc Жыл бұрын

I better get dinner and a movie!

@ironfist7789 Жыл бұрын

They are just sitting on the data

@skeginaldp1533 Жыл бұрын

Had fun making that thumbnail I see

@scottymoondogjakubin4766 Жыл бұрын

I think most storms on neptune and uranus form from the differences in the temperature's of the different gases and there distances from the sun !

@juggalofred1533 Жыл бұрын

I heard Uranus is a warm and gassy atmosphere

@Skoot666 Жыл бұрын

Assmosphere*

@bat127 Жыл бұрын

This video defies our maturity

@ericschultz4004 10 ай бұрын

Bigger question, how do they get accurate temperature readings?

@Markbell73 3 ай бұрын

Infrared imaging from various space probes and telescopes.

@rabbadoodles4522 Жыл бұрын

I'm watching this past my bedtime. I don't need sleep, I need answers!

@cryptic_daemon_ Жыл бұрын

My what is colder than Neptune!!!???

@ameliadiaz8040 Жыл бұрын

Uranus, of course!!!!

@Chillyplanet840 Ай бұрын

Uranus's temp could freeze Neptune into ice!

@antbojo Жыл бұрын

So apparently... a large object caused Uranus to tilt at a weird angle. Is that right?

@oldgordo61 Жыл бұрын

An Earth sized object slamming into Uranus could have caused it,,but who knows?

@PrtyNeal Жыл бұрын

Humans need to land on Unranis so we can probe deeper

@Scarfacepacinofan Жыл бұрын

I always thought Uranus was warm 😂

@Captain.AmericaV1 Жыл бұрын

@chrisg3030 Жыл бұрын

11:23 "It is not yet clear why Uranus' internal temperature is so low. . . Another hypothesis is that there is some barrier in the upper layers of Uranus the prevents heat from the core reaching the surface." So you're saying one possibility is that it could be very hot inside for all we know, it's just we can't take its temperature at present, right?

@ironfist7789 Жыл бұрын

Have to use the right thermometer or it breaks off

@KhaoticDeterminism Жыл бұрын

it’s required for the colour. the zodiacal light hits the heart chakra in Astrology.

@MichaelScarNh8sgoldenface 3 ай бұрын

NASA was very excited by what voyager 2 found on Uranus 😅

@Randomiser247 Жыл бұрын

These are both fascinating planets! :D

@newbloomwon Жыл бұрын

Probably because no one was sitting on this park bench before me?

@justinw7323 Жыл бұрын

Uranus is always colder in the fall and winter. You need a blanket some underwear and pajamas.

@vesawuoristo4162 Жыл бұрын

Neptune has beautiful color

@cameron00148 Жыл бұрын

I’ve heard some people theorize that Uranus has a tilted axis as a result of the gravitational pull between Saturn and Neptune (and possibly Jupiter and/or Pluto) 🤙 Note: Remember that Pluto becomes more closer to the sun then Neptune during its orbit 💁‍♀️

@nosredep7873 Жыл бұрын

Closer* not more closer. Than* The reason Uranus has a tilted axis and rotates retrograde is because it had a collision with a planetoid in its past.

@nosredep7873 Жыл бұрын

Pluto has such a small and insignificant gravitational pull compared to the gas/ice giants. How big do you think Pluto is?

@no-barknoonan1335 Жыл бұрын

@@nosredep7873 How does a planetoid collision tilt a gas planet? I'm not questioning it, I was taught this my whole life, I genuinely want to know how that happens. Wouldn't it just go through it? If they were both gas giants, wouldn't they ultimately end up merging somehow? And if the planetoid was a rocky planet, wouldn't it just get torn apart by it? Rocky planets are not typically that large. Also wouldn't Uranus have a makeup that shows a rocky planet was absorbed by it? I also don't know how an impact makes Uranus internal heat dissipate faster, wouldn't it create more heat during the collision? I must have something wrong with my conceptualization of how planets work.

@nosredep7873 Жыл бұрын

@@no-barknoonan1335 gas giants have rocky cores

@no-barknoonan1335 Жыл бұрын

@@nosredep7873 Do they? I was taught we don't know but we think they must have some type of solid core. Their core could be solid Hydrogen for all we know. With that said, how would an impact tilt it? You're saying the impact would hit the solid core and impact that this altering rotation? The core would be solid most likely only because of the temperature and pressure, so I would be curious what collisions like that would do, it would have to be fairly head on to tilt it like that presumably, and also based on the fact that it would need to strike the core and we aren't sure how large the core really is, we don't even know for certain if it has a solid core, but it would be nearly impossible for it not to.

@otsircinaiselgi 9 ай бұрын

My 2 favorite planets

@alexnice2221 Жыл бұрын

Do gas giants planets have an air gap between the upper atmosphere and lower planet section like the sky and land, similar to earth or are they ballons full of gas ?

@AlgaeEater09 Жыл бұрын

Balloons full of gas. They have absolutely no land. It’s just gas brought together by gravity.

@oglocbaby520 Жыл бұрын

They have actual surfaces

@josephjohnson6849 Жыл бұрын

They have liquid oceans due to pressure from their sky's. Below that is a core with a molten interior, I figure a mantle exists between the heated oceans and core.

@SciK. Жыл бұрын

@@josephjohnson6849 liquid oceans of methane?

@shaikhbakhas5105 Жыл бұрын

The beginning is the same as the ending Because just like Venus is the hottest despite mercury being closest to the sun Uranus is coldest despite Neptune being the most distant planet Venus is the hottest and Uranus is the coldest But both of them have clouds with rotten egg-like smells. Both Venus and Uranus have the same ending word in their name which is 'us'

@anthonycornell2209 6 ай бұрын

Uranus never had a core which is why its axel rotation is what it is. It formed that way.

@Omizuke Жыл бұрын

Wish either the voice was louder or the music lower.

@johanliljegren4759 Жыл бұрын

Yes, Neptune needs to be explored more. Might be easier to do so from Triton though.

@tonyoliver2330 Жыл бұрын

We need to explore Uranus way more

@stephenadonis3953 Жыл бұрын

I thought he was gonna tell the second guy to look over there before hitting him

@mm-yt8sf Жыл бұрын

so did earth lose a lot of its core heat when it was hit by the thing that made our moon? are we lucky our planet isn't warmer on the inside? if that means the surface has less volcanic activity then that seems like a good thing for civilizations... if we knew the temperature of the dark side of uranus before sending anything to fly by it then that seems very clever of scientists..we're so far and close to the sun i'd imagine all we'd ever see would be the warm side..but scientists seems really good at picking up cluse from everywhere...

@jakeanimatez22 3 ай бұрын

Fact: Uranus Was The Farthest Planet Before But Since The 5th Gas Giant Got Ejected By Jupiter They Changed Orbits Then Neptune Became Farthest

@sabin97 Жыл бұрын

are you seriously telling me that if i want something cooler than neptune i gotta get into uranus?

@nbgoodiscore1303 Жыл бұрын

Damn that's so cool

@DANGJOS Жыл бұрын

5:32 Helium or methane? I doubt that helium absorbs red light to any significant degree.

@josephbanatlao6461 Жыл бұрын

Is it necessary to put a thermometer and Uranus next to each other?

@mehjabinvadivala5684 Жыл бұрын

What about jupiter and saturn 🪐?

@felton2843 Жыл бұрын

Haha! The thumbnail.

@britasha1194 Жыл бұрын

Because Frosty the Snowman lives there

@ers-tj4to Жыл бұрын

Always good to get heating pads if Uranus is colder.

@tilburg8683 Жыл бұрын

0:07 besides pluto ofc

@SunsetGuitarist Жыл бұрын

Yeah but is it colder than Pluto?

@ameliadiaz8040 Жыл бұрын

As a matter of fact, Neptune's windier and stormier than Uranus, 🔱

@Psythik Жыл бұрын

I love how this guy pronounces it like "Urine-nus", as if that's any better than saying "Ur-anus".

@TokyoXtreme Жыл бұрын

Someday someone will propose “yur-RAHN-is” and end all the fun. A real planet-killer.

@PhillDrakeEntertainment Жыл бұрын

I always wonder if it takes 84 years for the one of his orbit around the sun is it gonna happen soon in my lifetime maybe it's a halfway there or it just started another orbit lol

@Jonathan-dj3yb Жыл бұрын

What if there was a 2nd sun behind pluto

@LaterBOi Жыл бұрын

What if we had drones absorb the atmosphere and sample it in to a vacuum or space on earth to test if we can achieve oxygen?

@danielvillalba5375 Жыл бұрын

I feel these two don't get talked about as much....is always Mars...or Jupiter...or Saturn...you know the cool planets.

@hulahulahup Жыл бұрын

We need to warm up Uranus.

@master-kq3nw Жыл бұрын

i love neptune

@ameliadiaz8040 Жыл бұрын

Me too

@master-kq3nw Жыл бұрын

@@ameliadiaz8040 yes beatiful planet only cold big storms but colour beatiful

@ameliadiaz8040 Жыл бұрын

@@master-kq3nw Not to mention the Great Dark Spot, the Wizard's Eye and the small Scooter clooud.

@master-kq3nw Жыл бұрын

@@ameliadiaz8040 yes dark blue planet wind blow there. 1 000 kmh

@neptune1525 Жыл бұрын

❤ U too😊

@jamieredman8606 Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't it be awesome to be able to travel to Neptune and look out your window and gaze at that beautiful planet?

@johanliljegren4759 Жыл бұрын

That would be possible once Triton has been colonized. Then Neptune would be like a blue sun on the starry sky.

@cavetroll666 Жыл бұрын

Neptune 😊

@neptune1525 Жыл бұрын

😊❤❤

@JuggoJuggo Жыл бұрын

Because I am sitting in a bucket of dry ice.

@zombiefried32 Жыл бұрын

Yes we should they both are the less explorer of all of them. Heck we know more about our sun and Pluto then Uranus and Neptune

@Echo4Sierra4160 Жыл бұрын

Why is Venus hotter than Mercury?

@sillkthashocker Жыл бұрын

Greenhouse effect

@nocapnokizzy Жыл бұрын

Atmosphere

@kennyfordham6208 Жыл бұрын

I'm just here, for the jokes 😅.

@LordHayabusa85 Жыл бұрын

Before watching the video: “Gas composition?”

@induction7895 Жыл бұрын

What’s up with the music? Is Batman coming?

@queenbrightwingthe3890 Жыл бұрын

Neptunes winds can easy reach 2000 km/h. So without protection you would die by winds that will cut your body like knifes.

@RabianskiT Жыл бұрын

Those, who came for Uranus jokes, SHAME ON YOU!

@jamesparson Жыл бұрын

You are right. Uranus is not a joke.

@scottvelez3154 Жыл бұрын

@@jamesparson no you're right Uranus is beautiful 😁

@zonomena9153 Жыл бұрын

@@scottvelez3154especially from the inside 🤭

@monochrome_soft9472 Жыл бұрын

jokes? no, i only came for uranus itself

@Chillyplanet840 Ай бұрын

bro, the worst part is that people keep making wrong facts and dumb jokes about uranus its like they put unique & interesting facts of uranus into neptune... like bruh quit stealing facts from Uranus... no wonder why its the most underrated planet in the solar system...

@geraldhardy4257 Жыл бұрын

It just is?

@saldana1975 Жыл бұрын

Came for the comments about Uranus lol

@robinchwan Жыл бұрын

Accidental thumbnail malfunction or on purpose ?

@scottfarmer8758 Жыл бұрын

That like saying how is Venus the hottest planet when Mercury is closest to the Sun

@shaundiltz5821 Жыл бұрын

Uranus sounds like a punk rock show.

@channelsixtysix066 Жыл бұрын

Not when I have hot chilli sauce.

@shark2v Жыл бұрын

A thermometer between two planets and talking about Uranus, coincidence? I don't think so.

@krlost4405 Жыл бұрын

Because you are not in it 😢

@1inhole300 Жыл бұрын

How did something "hit" Uranus if it's gas? I don't understand that theory of why it's tilted on its "side".

@TragoudistrosMPH Жыл бұрын

Maybe we should probe it? Ουρανός (heavens) is such a beautiful name... Such a tragedy lol😅

@nunyabiznes33 Жыл бұрын

Methane is not enough to warm Uranus. I tried setting it on fire once.

@lookout97 Жыл бұрын

Because I put an ice cube in it.

@Zz7722zZ Жыл бұрын

When I see a video about Uranus, I head for the comments.

@chisangalalochisenga2054 Жыл бұрын

Because I didn't eat chilli 😶

@Perktube1 Жыл бұрын

I was told that uranus is where the sun don't shine. 😊

@jovelynsantos8358 Жыл бұрын

Uranus and neptune 🌧️💧 diamond