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Posted on 07/15/2025 6:12:42 PM PDT by Redcitizen
In the vast expanse between Uranus and Neptune, a team of researchers have uncovered something really quite extraordinary, a minor planet that has been locked in precise gravitational manouevres with Uranus for at least a million years. This discovery sheds new light on the complex dynamics that govern our Solar System's outer reaches.
The object in question, designated 2015 OU₁₉₄, belongs to a class of small bodies called Centaurs, rocky and icy objects that orbit between Jupiter and Neptune. What makes this particular Centaur special is its remarkably stable relationship with Uranus, locked in what is known as a 3:4 mean motion resonance. This means that for every three orbits 2015 OU₁₉₄ completes around the Sun, Uranus completes exactly four.
This precise mathematical relationship creates a gravitational partnership that keeps the two objects in a stable dance, preventing them from colliding or drifting apart.
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What’s unclear to me from the article is, is the Centaur closer to, or farther away from the sun than Uranus? And at what distance? Are they in danger of colliding at some point? I guess that remains to be seen.
STOP!
A Dingle-berry.
The partner? The Planet Hemorrhoid?
It been named “ Twerk”
The only thing that orbits Uranus is your hemorrhoids.
Damn’t Jim, I’m a doctor, not a proctologist
:)
Scientists Discover Uranus Has a Dancing Partner …Does he wear leather?
It is farther away. As objects get farther away from the Sun they move slower and have a bigger orbit . It only makes 3 orbits every time Uranius makes 4.
They must be focused on a “pride” parade.
Right. I should’ve figured that out myself. Thanks!
David Bowie - Let’s Dance
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VbD_kBJc_gI&pp=ygUQTGV0cyBkYW5jZSBib3dpZQ%3D%3D
Hilarious !
Queue the sobbing woman: “Leave Uranus alone.”
When will we stop the Klingons around Uranus?
You have to wonder if they guys who named the planet knew what they were unleashing...
😁
Not everyone knows that Uranus is also a gas giant. I always knew that mine was, and still is.
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