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.
The temperature at this surface is approximately minus 346 F (minus 201 C). The planet's average temperature is minus 353 F (minus 214 C). But despite being the most distant planet, it is not the coldest.That honor goes to the seventh planet, Uranus, which is closer to the sun.nlike the terrestrial planets, Neptune and the other gas giants still hold much of the atmosphere they had at their formation. Temperature and pressure shift at different heights. The average temperature at the top of the cloud tops is minus 346 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 210 degrees Celsius).