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The ice giant's magnetic field is tilted roughly 60 away from its spin axis.
Voyager 2 found that the radiation belts of Uranus are about 100 times weaker than predicted.
It's possible the belts' weakness is linked to the planet's tilted and lopsided magnetic field.
The new research is based on simulations made using Voyager 2 data.
A new mission to Uranus could help inform future spacecraft missions to the ice giant.
Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit Uranus .
Plans are underway at NASA to launch a mission to the icy giant planet as soon as 2030 .
The research was published in June in the journal Geophysical Research Letters .
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