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Hubble takes first image of solar eclipse on Uranus
New Scientist ^
| 01 September 2006
| Maggie McKee
Posted on 09/02/2006 3:19:24 AM PDT by Virginia-American
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Have a nice day.
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posted on
09/02/2006 7:53:59 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
To: RandallFlagg
Reuter's exclusive! Looks like an Israeli space crime to me!
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posted on
09/02/2006 7:59:44 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT Headline: 'Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake But Accurate, Experts Say.')
To: RadioAstronomer
Mars is red,
Uranus is blue,
Pluto is out of it,
And so are you.
43
posted on
09/02/2006 10:55:08 AM PDT
by
PatrickHenry
(The universe is made for life, therefore ID. Life can't arise naturally, therefore ID.)
To: Petronski
The sun is really bright there, I bet you could get a sunburn on.. you know...
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posted on
09/02/2006 11:08:41 AM PDT
by
Coastie
(it's illegal to shout "where's uranus!" in a croweded planetarium)
To: Drammach
Well, they were studying clouds, not moons, so I forgive them for being surprised.
Perhaps they have just enough computer time to do their stated work--taking up more computer time to work out the positions of 27 moons that have no bearing on their work might be a violation of their grant...just guessing here, perhaps computer time is a lot more plentiful than it used to be, but I still think we need more info before trashing these stargazers as imcompetents.
To: Petronski
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posted on
09/02/2006 12:42:53 PM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(TWO PENCIL-NECKED DWEEBS NEED A PUBLIC HANGING— DAVID CORN, PARTICK FITZGERALD)
To: 2nd Amendment; Virginia-American
A thinly veiled attempt by the gay coalition to detract attention from the eviction of pluto!Pluto ....... relegated to just being man's best friend.
Not so bad.
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posted on
09/02/2006 12:45:50 PM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(TWO PENCIL-NECKED DWEEBS NEED A PUBLIC HANGING— DAVID CORN, PARTICK FITZGERALD)
To: PatrickHenry
To: Virginia-American; snarks_when_bored
Great! I bet these guys are
loads of fun at parties.
"I just took this great photo of Uranus. Wanna see it?"
Cheers!
To: Cruising Speed
Well, they were studying clouds, not moons, so I forgive them for being surprised. You're welcome to your opinion, but I would expect better knowledge of the subject matter than that exhibited in the article..
I'll give you this.. It may have been the reporter(s) that are mis-stating the situation / circumstances..
At any rate, knowing the albedo of one of the moons and observing it for changes as it orbits behind the planet would give indication of such things as the height and density of the atmosphere and cloud cover..
Additionally, the shadow cast upon said cloud cover could also provide information on cloud height and density...
I would bet that any stars that pass behind the planet are also observed to determine atmospheric characteristics..
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posted on
09/04/2006 4:49:07 AM PDT
by
Drammach
(Freedom... Not just a job, it's an adventure..)
To: Virginia-American
solar eclipse on UranusMust.
Not.
Make.
Obvious.
Joke.
Must.
Not.
Make.
Obvious.
Joke.
Must.
Not.
Make.
Obvious.
Joke.
51
posted on
09/04/2006 4:50:41 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Islam is a perversion of faith, a lie against human spirit, an obscenity shouted in the face of G_d)
To: beyond the sea
I thought the P.C. crowd had the name changed of Uranus ......... to Urectum.
The protagonist, Fry, frozen in the 20th centry and unfrozen in the 31st, is using an invention called a “smelloscope” to sniff the odors given off by heavenly bodies.
Prof. Farnsworth: You’ll find that every heavenly body has its own particular scent. Here, I’ll point it at Jupiter.
[Fry sniffs.]
Fry: Smells like strawberries.
Farnsworth: Exactly! And now Saturn.
[Fry sniffs.]
Fry: Pine needles. Oh, man, this is great! Hey, as long as you don’t make me smell Uranus.
[He laughs.]
Leela: I don’t get it.
Farnsworth: I’m sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all.
Fry: Oh. What’s it called now?
Farnsworth: Urectum.
52
posted on
09/04/2006 1:54:11 PM PDT
by
Thoro
(Then an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry....)
To: Thoro
LOL ...... is that Vonnegut?
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posted on
09/04/2006 1:58:17 PM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(I have a man I can't trust. He cheats so much, I'm not even sure the baby I'm carrying is his.)
To: beyond the sea
LOL ...... is that Vonnegut?
Close. :) It's from the animated science fiction comedy show Futurama.
54
posted on
09/04/2006 9:06:38 PM PDT
by
Thoro
(Then an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry....)
To: Drammach
from: http://skytonight.com/news/home/3823426.html
For the first time in recorded history astronomers witnessed the shadow of one of Uranus's tiny moons travel across the distant planet's cloud tops. Using the sharp vision of the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys, scientists captured the tiny moon Ariel passing in front of the gas giant, casting its shadow briefly upon Uranus's azure-tinted cloud tops.
Due to the extreme tilt of Uranus's spin axis relative to its orbital plane, such events can only occur for short periods every 42 years when Uranus is nearest the equinoxes during the planet's 84-year orbit around the Sun. In 1965, the last time such an event was visible, telescope technology wasn't advanced enough to resolve it. Currently, only the largest observatories on Earth equipped with the latest adaptive-optics technology or orbiting observatories such as Hubble can witness these occurrences with any clarity.
I wonder, does this mean you can stand an egg on end on Uranus on this date?
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/egg_history.html
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:06:14 PM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT Headline: 'Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake But Accurate, Experts Say.')
To: Virginia-American
Really great to see this..thanks for the posting and pic.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:10:53 PM PDT
by
Republic
(I have AMAZING CONFIDENCE and TRUST in our PRESIDENT! I LOVE HIM and his ENTIRE TEAM!)
To: Republic
You're welcome. I knew there would be a bunch of stupid puns, but the pic really impressed me. I hope NASA has sense enough to keep the HST working; it's produced a lot more science than the space station.
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posted on
09/09/2006 8:44:27 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: KevinDavis; annie laurie; Knitting A Conundrum; Viking2002; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Mmogamer; ...
Note: this topic is from 01 September 2006. Thanks Virginia-American.
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05/20/2012 6:18:26 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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