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The Many Mysteries of Uranus
The Atlantic ^
| 2/2/16
| DAVID MOSCATO
Posted on 02/02/2016 11:09:42 PM PST by Timpanagos1
The best planet in our solar system is not, as Adrienne LaFrance claimed several months ago, Jupiter. Nor is it Saturn, as Ross Andersen argued in a rebuttal last month. I teach science for a living, which means I have a hard time allowing misinformation to pass by uncorrected—and after reading those articles, I knew I had to step in before any more intellectual damage was done.
The best planet is Uranus—Uranus the bizarre. Uranus the unique.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adriennelafrance; davidmoscato; jupiter; ringarounduranus; rossandersen; saturn; uranus; uranusistipped; xplanets
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To: Timpanagos1
The Many Mysteries of Uranus
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posted on
02/02/2016 11:12:11 PM PST
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WVKayaker
(Sarah Palin endorses Donald Trump: 'No more pussyfooting around')
To: Timpanagos1
We need to send a really high speed probe to sedna instead...
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posted on
02/02/2016 11:12:57 PM PST
by
GraceG
(The election doesn't pick the next president, it is an audition for "American Emperor"...)
To: WVKayaker
If ever a thread needed popcorn...
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posted on
02/02/2016 11:15:54 PM PST
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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posted on
02/02/2016 11:22:51 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: Timpanagos1
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posted on
02/02/2016 11:30:05 PM PST
by
80skid
To: SunkenCiv
Seems Uranus is popular on FR.
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posted on
02/02/2016 11:31:57 PM PST
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Mr. Mojo
To: WVKayaker
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posted on
02/02/2016 11:34:38 PM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: Timpanagos1
So many jokes with this one...
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posted on
02/02/2016 11:35:27 PM PST
by
wastedyears
(uchikudake - toki michite - ikiru tame - tokihanate)
To: Mr. Mojo
Not just mine, everybody’s.
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posted on
02/02/2016 11:36:13 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: Timpanagos1
Uranus Ancient Greek , Ouranos [o:ranós] meaning "sky" or "heaven") was the primal Greek god personifying the sky. His equivalent in Roman mythology was Caelus. In Ancient Greek literature, Uranus or Father Sky was the son and husband of Gaia, Mother Earth. According to Hesiod's Theogony, Uranus was conceived by Gaia alone, but other sources cite
Aether as his father. Uranus and Gaia were the parents of the first generation of Titans, and the ancestors of most of the Greek gods, but no cult addressed directly to Uranus survived into Classical times, and Uranus does not appear among the usual themes of Greek painted pottery. Elemental Earth, Sky and Styx might be joined, however, in a solemn invocation in Homeric epic.
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posted on
02/02/2016 11:37:45 PM PST
by
BlueDragon
(TheHildbeast is so bad, purty near anybody should beat her. And that's saying something)
To: WVKayaker
A perfectly non-political thread, in a time when we could really use a break, and you have to bring 0 into it.
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posted on
02/02/2016 11:40:03 PM PST
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Darth Reardon
(During the Great Depression, World War I was referred to as the Great War)
To: Timpanagos1; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
02/02/2016 11:57:37 PM PST
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a fool in paradise
(Obama is more supportive of Iran's right to defend its territorial borders than he is of the USA's.)
To: Timpanagos1
If you’re really interested, go to Wikipedia and look up Uranus.
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posted on
02/03/2016 12:01:55 AM PST
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Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: Timpanagos1
Probably best keeping Uranus mysterious.
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posted on
02/03/2016 12:26:41 AM PST
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dangus
To: WVKayaker
Your problem is obvious :)
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posted on
02/03/2016 12:27:59 AM PST
by
Catmom
(We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
To: Timpanagos1
There is no greater concern than the Klingons on Uranus ...
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posted on
02/03/2016 12:45:43 AM PST
by
spodefly
(This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: WVKayaker
Uranus. It’s simply a $***ty place to hang out.
To: Timpanagos1
I think we can all agree that any life we may find on Uranus should be avoided.
It’s a pretty nasty enviroment.
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posted on
02/03/2016 12:55:18 AM PST
by
right way right
(May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
To: right way right
Exactly! From MST3K: They’ve launched a probe to Uranus to wipe out the Klingons.
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posted on
02/03/2016 1:01:43 AM PST
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donaldo
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