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The Gas (and Ice) Giant Uranus
Universe Today ^
| Matt Williams
Posted on 08/27/2015 11:24:07 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
08/27/2015 11:46:50 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
As big as Neptune and Uranus are, they are still too small to have the gravity-pressure to form metallic Hydrogen in the mantle like Saturn and Jupiter.
AND to join the frivolity here, Uranus is also unique in that its axis is 90 degrees off plane so instead of spinning around in its orbit, it just keeps on rolling along!
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posted on
08/27/2015 11:47:48 AM PDT
by
SES1066
(Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
To: BenLurkin
“in 128 BCE”
IE, “before the Common Era”.
this avoids having to say, “Before Christ” (which, if he was who he said he was, was a far more important division of time than anything else)
To: BenLurkin
“Then where the hell is my pen?”
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posted on
08/27/2015 11:57:46 AM PDT
by
SpinnerWebb
(Winter is coming)
To: BenLurkin
Wrapped in clouds of methane. Right. Got it.
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posted on
08/27/2015 12:00:09 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
To: BenLurkin
I’ve been called a gas giant from time to time...
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posted on
08/27/2015 12:01:06 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
To: BenLurkin
Phew! That wing of the solar system is now CLOSED!
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posted on
08/27/2015 12:24:46 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: CondorFlight
in 128 BCE IE, before the Common Era.
Maybe we should call that "Before the Christian Epoch."
To: BenLurkin
When I was in the 4th grade, Mrs. Tibbits drilled the entire class, one at a time each until we all got it right:
Uranus. Uranus. Uranus.
I never had a problem with the other pronunciation (picture here 30 little kids with Oklahoma accents all saying it the other way in science class to get the full effect...) myself and didn't understand why she had to be so emphatic and intractable about it...
One of the two best teachers I ever had, depending on the conversation.
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posted on
08/27/2015 12:40:20 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
(Chamberlain at least loved his country, please don't insult his memory by comparing him to 0.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/27/2015 1:30:12 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
To: BenLurkin
Here’s the kicker: Uranus(*chuckle*) rotates on it’s side, having been whacked into early in it’s history by some massive object. So my questions are, how does a sphere have a side and how do you knock a gaseous object on it’s side?
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posted on
08/27/2015 1:35:06 PM PDT
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jmacusa
To: BenLurkin; brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
Thanks BenLurkin, extra to APoD. Sometimes Uranus is in a sling.
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posted on
08/28/2015 10:01:12 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: BenLurkin
> It is also the third largest planet in our Solar System, ranking behind Jupiter and Saturn.
It isn’t. It’s ‘only’ 84.8% the mass of Neptune.
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posted on
08/28/2015 10:03:08 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/28/2015 10:05:02 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: UCANSEE2
That’s what I was thinking. It should have been pretty obvious in the ecliptic plane?
Freegards
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posted on
08/28/2015 10:10:26 AM PDT
by
Ransomed
To: BigEdLB
what the puck? someone had to ask it....!
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posted on
08/28/2015 10:11:35 AM PDT
by
brivette
To: BenLurkin
Special navigation advisory is in effect for Uranus:
DO NOT approach from the rear.
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posted on
08/28/2015 10:13:47 AM PDT
by
JPG
(What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
To: SunkenCiv
It’s possible that some time in our history we will
learn to mine the gas giants.
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posted on
08/28/2015 10:15:59 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: SunkenCiv
It isnt. Its only 84.8% the mass of Neptune.
Show off. Using decibel periods and all.
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posted on
08/28/2015 10:16:21 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: BenLurkin
Obama to Mooshell:
“Uranus has a lot of gas. I can live with that. But ICE is a whole other thing!”
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posted on
08/28/2015 10:17:28 AM PDT
by
ThomasMore
(Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
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