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Uranus Is Being Chased By Asteroids!
universetoday.com ^
| June 18, 2013
| Elizabeth Howell on
Posted on 06/18/2013 7:49:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin
As Uranus speeds in its orbit in the solar system, there are three large space rocks that are in lockstep with the gas giant, according to new simulations. Two of them are wobbling in unstable “horseshoe” orbits near Uranus, while the third is in a more reliable Trojan orbit that is always 60 degrees in front of the planet.
The largest of this small group is the asteroid Crantor, which is 44 miles (70 kilometers) wide. Its horseshoe orbit, and that of companion 2010 EU65, means the space rocks seesaw between being close to Uranus and further away. They should stay in that configuration for a few million years.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: asteroids; catastrophism; uranus
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:49:30 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Extra strength Preparation H to the rescue!
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:51:51 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
To: BenLurkin; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
Thanks. I hadn't noticed.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:53:02 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: BenLurkin
It’s not those asteroids you have to worry about. It’s the hemorrhoids.
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:53:14 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(23,116,441 households on Food Stamps! Now that's what I call HISTORICAL!!!)
To: BenLurkin
A 40 mile wide space rock orbiting uranus is no laughing matter. The absolute gravity of the hemis it would take to make this possible, well it’s almost unfathomable.
OUCH!
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:54:15 PM PDT
by
jurroppi1
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:54:26 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: BenLurkin
Why is the Starship Enterprise and toilet paper alike?
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:54:42 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Vendome
Most of the time donkeys and dogs hate each other. That is an amazing photo.
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:55:55 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: BenLurkin
It’s hemroids isn’t it not asteroids?
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:56:38 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: BenLurkin
GAWD! I was afraid of that!
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:56:59 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(Psalm 46)
To: BenLurkin
I’m being followed. I must get my azz outa here.
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:57:34 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(President Obama; The Slumlord of the Rentseekers)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
The most humorously misnamed planet in the universe ... what was William Herschel thinking when he gave this name to our 7th planet?
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:58:53 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(There is absolutely no difference between pro-choice and pro-abortion.)
To: central_va
Something about clinging on (Klingon)
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:59:06 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: elcid1970
I use Presidential H-It’s for important a$$holes.
To: BenLurkin
did anybody see me click on this thread?
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:59:36 PM PDT
by
schm0e
("we are in the midst of a coup.")
To: BenLurkin
My anus has no afteroids!
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posted on
06/18/2013 8:01:22 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: doc1019
what was William Herschel thinking when he gave this name to our 7th planet?
Fortunately, many scientists have grown tired of all the juvenile jokes and have lobbied to have the 7th planet renamed “Urectum.”
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posted on
06/18/2013 8:01:44 PM PDT
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: schm0e
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