why are any rings of THE PLANET of uranus vertical?

Question

why are any rings of uranus vertical?

no jokes about the other kind please

Answer 1

Hahahhahaha damn...fine no joking then >.<;
Dunno...Is it bacause of the gravitaional force?
Um......damn I've searched for it and can't find anything soz...
*sweatdrop* randomly found this, dunno if it's helpful though...

Until recently, little was known about the oddball planet, which gets its name from the Greek word “Ouranos,” a mythological god who personifies the heavens. Uranus lies tipped on its side, probably the result of an ancient cosmic collision, and its magnetic field lays strangely off-set from and tilted with respect to the planet’s rotational pole. In 1986, the Voyager 2 spacecraft sent pictures to earth of what appeared to be a non-descript ball suspended in space. At that time, Uranus’ South Pole was pointed almost directly at the sun, and the North Pole pointed away. Now, more than 18 years later, the planet is drawing near the point in its orbit where the planet’s equator will be pointing toward the Sun, and both poles will get about 17 hours of sunlight a day.

....sowee.....lol

Answer 2

No one knows for sure, but scientists surmise that millions or billions of years ago Uranus had a collision or a near-collision with a large body passing through our solar system, and that the planet got knocked sideways. The rings still circle the equator, just as with all known ringed planets.

Answer 3

Because the rings orbit above the plane of Uranus' equator. Uranus' axis is tilted by 97.77° to the plane of its orbit (Earth is a mere 23.5° to its orbit)

Answer 4

Because Uranus' axis is tilted by 97.77 degrees.

Answer 5

Their direction isn't absolute, they're only horizontal or vertical relevant to the observer.

Answer 6

Because it rotational axis is along its orbital path.