Posted on 08/07/2014 9:50:57 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The Keck Observatory caught some spectacular pictures of the gas giant undergoing a large storm surge a few days ago, which took astronomers by surprise because the planet is well past the equinox in 2007, when the sun was highest above the equator.
“We are always anxious to see that first image of the night of any planet or satellite, as we never know what it might have in store for us,” stated Imke de Pater, an astronomer at the University of California, Berkeley that led the research.
“This extremely bright feature we saw on UT 6 August 2014 reminds me of a similarly bright storm we saw on Uranus’s southern hemisphere during the years leading up to and at equinox.”
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I think the names Earth and the Ur in Ur-an-us come from the same root word.
THE REST OF US WOULD BE WISE TO VACATE THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Not likely. First it wouldn’t take two years to get out to Uranus. Second, it would be very dissipated by the time it got there. And third, (If I have my math right) it looks like the CME was about 60 degrees away from where Uranus is in its orbit.
Ur sure about that, R U?
CC
I will keep you in my prayers. It looks like the larger storm is going to go north of the islands.
Thanks & Aloha.
Just normal farts from Uranus.
How’s it going?
Do you still have power and is everybody okay?
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