Posted on 12/01/2004 6:25:34 AM PST by kahoutek
A composite image of Uranus taken from the Keck telescope shows two sides of the seventh planet and its rings.
First, astronomers thought Uranus was just one star among many in the night sky. Even after 1781, when they knew better, there was little they could see – the seventh planet was too far away.
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http://www.faqs.org/faqs/firesign-theatre/lexicon/part1/
same story, different source:
Uranus: Whacky Weather, odd rings
Astronomy Magazine | 11/10
Posted on 11/13/2004 9:43:06 PM PST by ambrose
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1279478/posts
5.56mm
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