'Cataclysmic' collision shaped Uranus' evolution

phys.org ^ | July 2, 2018 | Durham University

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At 61 still trying to figure out what I want to be if I grow up.

[MplsSteve]

“I avoid all cataclysmic collisions in that particular area.”

LOL

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger, a beauty!

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[Red Badger]

Probably left a scar!..................

[jmcenanly]

Look at what happened to Miranda, one of the planet's moons.

Those stripes are layers of rock and ice turned on their side.

[Red Badger]

Alien rednecks on ATV’s....................

[SunkenCiv]

from Explore further, Study of Uranus suggests some of its moons are on a collision course:

Voyager 2 image of the Uranian moons Portia, Cressida, and Ophelia. Credit: NASA

[SunkenCiv]

Pretty impressive chaotic surface!

[SunkenCiv]

Study of Uranus Suggests Some of its Moons are on a Collision Course
Phys.org | September 6, 2017 | Bob Yirka
Posted on 07/04/2018 12:21:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3668412/posts

[Jeff Chandler]

Okay, I’ll do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0czFnIvKOJY

[SunkenCiv]

from the Deus Ex Machina keyword:

• A massive object devastated Uranus a long time ago and it never fully recovered [2018]
• Did Something Massive Smash Into Uranus? [2018]
• Did Jupiter Bumped The Giant Planet From Our Solar System? [2015]
• Young Jupiter wiped out solar system's early inner planets, study says [2015]
• When straying Jupiter went on the pull [2012]
• Giant planet ejected from the solar system [2011]
• 'Jupiter swallowed planet 10 times the size of Earth' [2010]
• Were Mercury and Mars separated at birth? [2009]