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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Marcia Dunn

THE TRUTH ABOUT: A day at uranus just got 28 seconds longer - The Untold Story

A VLT near-infrared image of the planet Uranus and several of its moons - (ESO/ Getty Images)

New observations have revealed that a day on Uranus is slightly longer than previously thought.

According to scientists, data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope indicates that Uranus completes a full rotation in 17 hours, 14 minutes, and 52 seconds. This is 28 seconds longer than estimations made by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft in the 1980s.

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