Voyager 2 was the first space probe to be sent to Uranus. Uranus was 1.84 billion miles away at the time of Voyager's approach. That means it took 2 hours 45 minutes for radio messages to travel from Earth to Voyager 2 before the probe sould carry out instructions. Engineers had to program Voyager 2 to allow pictures to be taken. Uranus is surrounded by a strange magnetic field.
Most planets have magnetic fields lined up with their North and South Poles.
Uranus's magnetic field is closer to the Equator than to its poles. THe magnetic field wobbles back and forth as the planet spins. The shape of the magnetic field is equally strange. It has a long, gently curving tail on the side away from the Sun. The tail keeps twisting and turning as the planet moves.