Uranus
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This year, it coincides with the start of the Uranus return, an event only some people experience in their lifetime since it takes the planet roughly 84 years to orbit the sun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Many Kuiper Belt objects – also referred to as trans-Neptunian objects – have been discovered orbiting the Sun, but like Uranus they don’t do so in a continuous expected direction.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026
These properties are especially important for understanding how Uranus and Neptune generate their magnetic fields, which differ in unusual ways from those of other planets.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026
Higher in the sky, Uranus will be sitting in the constellation Taurus and won't set until around midnight, giving skywatchers with the right equipment a better chance of tracking it down.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
Even so, it took them nine years to reach Uranus and a dozen to cross the orbit of Pluto.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
