The magnetosphere of Uranus

The Voyager 2 encounter with Uranus on January 24, 1986, is described. It is noted that the combination of the orientation of the Uranian rotation axis with respect to the solar wind direction, and of the Uranian magnetic dipole axis with respect to the rotation axis, is a unique circumstance in the solar system. The Uranian magnetosphere is neither convection-dominated nor corotation-dominated, but rather a unique combination of both.