Question about the theory of Uranus's axis...?

Question

Do you know the theory that scientists have come up with, that Uranus was hit by a massive object and tipped to its side? How could this collision have caused Uranus's satellites(if you are very basic, then moons) to have also tipped in the same direction? If Uranus didn't have the satellites at the time of the collision, why did the satellites revolve around Uranus at a 90 degree angle?

Answer 1

I believe gravity in the vicinity of the accident was warped by the collision, causing the satellites (Moons) to also be thrown off by the same degree as Uranus (gotta love that name)! Otherwise, any new Moons caught by Uranus would had a more natural axis.

Answer 2

Presumably the impact occurred before Uranus captured its moons, so that when they were captured they adopted Uranus' peculiar rotational axis.

Answer 3

for an object to cause your anus to rotate at such an extreme angle it doesn't necessarily have to have impacted your anus. if it is sufficiently large and passes close enough, then a large obeject could exert a gravitational effect on your anus and everything buzzing around it to knock it off its previous axis and tilt it such as your anus has been tilted. the sattelites of your anus could have been affected in exactly the same way as the planet was, and it is possible that nothing every actually physically came in contact with your anus or its moons.

Answer 4

Only uranus knows for sure.