Multiple Choice
Which of the following characteristics distinguishes Uranus from every other planet in our solar system?
A) it has more than one moon
B) its atmosphere is made of gases
C) it rotates on an axis tilted almost 90 degrees to the circle of its orbit
D) its orbit is significantly tilted relative to the orbits of the other planets
E) its magnetic axis does not lie in the same direction as its rotation axis
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