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Scientists Say This Single Captured Moon May Have Tilted an Entire Planet

A distant giant may owe its strange tilt to an unexpected force: a moon with a chaotic past. What looks like a stable world could actually be the result of a slow, hidden interaction still shaping the planet today. New findings indicate that Neptune’s unusual tilt could stem from a prolonged gravitational interaction with its largest moon, Triton. This gradual process may have altered the planet’s orientation over millions of years. Far from the Sun, Neptune st... [3227 chars]

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