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    $\begingroup$ Don't neglect heat of formation. Even our small Earth still retains a substantial amount of its formation heat, see physics.stackexchange.com/q/152979/123208 & physics.stackexchange.com/a/154514/123208 You may also find this amusing physics.stackexchange.com/a/652569/123208 $\endgroup$
    – PM 2Ring
    Commented Jun 30 at 6:06
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    $\begingroup$ @PM2Ring Thanks, that is interesting for sure. But considering the fact that it is possible that Neptune had some energy retained from its formation from circumstellar ring, so would have Uranus but still some sort of disperency is there. That could be related to initial energy but I am unable to figure it out. Can you plz help? $\endgroup$
    – Arjun
    Commented Jun 30 at 7:23
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    $\begingroup$ I have changed the title because it is already known that Uranus is colder than Neptune. We should ask why. $\endgroup$
    – Nilay Ghosh
    Commented Jun 30 at 7:45
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    $\begingroup$ @NilayGhosh I can think of another, possibly better reason to change the title. $\endgroup$
    – RBarryYoung
    Commented Jul 2 at 15:24
  • $\begingroup$ Here's a link to the original article containing the quote in this question (it's CC-licensed so it can be found on other websites as well). For what it's worth, the article explains the phenomenon by heat loss due to meteoric impacts on Uranus. $\endgroup$
    – Schmuddi
    Commented Jul 2 at 16:01