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Two more rings discovered around Uranus
MSNBC/AP ^
| Dec. 22nd
Posted on 12/22/2005 11:55:15 AM PST by iPod Shuffle
Two more rings discovered around Uranus
First additions to planet's ring system in nearly 20 years
Updated: 2:03 p.m. ET Dec. 22, 2005
Astronomers aided by the Hubble Space Telescope have spied two more rings encircling Uranus, the first additions to the planet’s ring system in nearly two decades.
The faint, dusty rings orbit outside of Uranus’ previously known rings, but within the orbits of its large moons, said Mark Showalter, an astronomer at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif., who made the discovery.
Details will appear on the journal Science's Web site, in advance of print publication. The discovery, announced Thursday, means scientists now believe the seventh planet from the sun possesses 13 rings.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; charmin; moonsofuranus; ouranos; personalhygiene; ringarounduranus; science; uranus; wipe; xplanets
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12/22/2005 11:55:42 AM PST
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AbeKrieger
(Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
To: iPod Shuffle
I wouldnt touch that title with a ten foot science poll
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12/22/2005 11:56:15 AM PST
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Vaquero
("An armed society is a polite society" R. A. Heinlein)
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12/22/2005 11:56:17 AM PST
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Fawn
To: iPod Shuffle
To: iPod Shuffle
Two more rings discovered around Uranus Well then wash it already.
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posted on
12/22/2005 11:56:24 AM PST
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Centurion2000
((Aubrey, Tx) --- America, we get the best government corporations can buy.)
To: iPod Shuffle
maybe I should use 2-ply toilter paper instead of 1-ply.
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posted on
12/22/2005 11:56:26 AM PST
by
isom35
To: iPod Shuffle
Must... not... go... there...
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posted on
12/22/2005 11:56:28 AM PST
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SlowBoat407
(The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
To: iPod Shuffle
You don't have to be so personal.
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posted on
12/22/2005 11:56:30 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Green bean casserole is a culinary curse upon mankind.)
To: iPod Shuffle
I just got out of the shower!?!
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To: iPod Shuffle
hey, i resemble that remark...
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posted on
12/22/2005 11:56:57 AM PST
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InsureAmerica
(Evil? I have many words for it. We are as dust, to them. - v v putin)
To: iPod Shuffle
Hey - No more Elton John wedding posts, please?
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posted on
12/22/2005 11:57:21 AM PST
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null and void
(Peace on Earth. Death to the Terrorists...)
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12/22/2005 11:57:22 AM PST
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Fierce Allegiance
(I miss my dad. Ruudzdistvachxizax^ama ama slum tagadagan inix^sinaa imchix anuxtakus)
To: iPod Shuffle
Those aren't rings, those are scars.
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posted on
12/22/2005 11:57:31 AM PST
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Casloy
To: iPod Shuffle
I'm not gonna touch that "title" with a 1.5 lightyear pole!
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posted on
12/22/2005 11:57:44 AM PST
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Logic n' Reason
(Don't piss down my back and tell me it's rainin')
To: Casloy
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posted on
12/22/2005 11:57:50 AM PST
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Rebelbase
(Green bean casserole is a culinary curse upon mankind.)
To: antiRepublicrat
must ... resist ...
*Thinking the same.....*
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posted on
12/22/2005 11:57:52 AM PST
by
scott0347
(Commander of the 0347th Lancer Brigade, Operator of the Immaculate Steamroller)
To: iPod Shuffle
I clicked just to see the replies. Very good restraint!
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posted on
12/22/2005 11:57:59 AM PST
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JZelle
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