Susan Atkins, here with husband James Whitehouse, died Thursday night after a battle with brain cancer. Atkins died at 11:46 p.m. PT Thursday (2:46 a.m. Friday ET) at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla, said Terry Thornton with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Although Neptune, the farthest planet from the sun, is pretty damn cold (-360 degrees Fahrenheit), Uranus takes the prize for being our solar systemâs coldest planet. The lowest temperature ever recorded on Uranus was -371 degrees Fahrenheit. Scientists arenât exactly sure why Uranus, which is more than a billion miles closer to our star than Neptune, boasts colder temperatures, but some experts believe the planetâs odd orientation or energetic atmosphere are to blame for the loss of heat.
Uranus by Voyager 2. The atmosphere of Uranus, like those of the larger gas giants, Jupiter and Saturn, is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium. At depth it is significantly enriched in volatiles (dubbed ices) such as water, ammonia and methane.ranus's atmosphere is the coldest of all the planets, with its temperature reaching as low as 49 K.