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Uranus remains mystery despite new discoveries
News-Times ^ | 2004-11-30 | Robert Miller

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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KEYWORDS: astronomy; lookingupaturanus; markmorfordexplorer; moonsofuranus; movedtochat; ringarounduranus; uranus
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Sorry......the title demanded that I post it........:-/
1 posted on 12/01/2004 6:25:34 AM PST by kahoutek
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To: kahoutek

unnngh..


2 posted on 12/01/2004 6:25:55 AM PST by evets (God bless president George W. Bush)
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To: kahoutek

And as far as I'm concerned, it's going to remain a mystery. You don't need to know anything about my...oh, wait - it was about the planet.

Never mind.


3 posted on 12/01/2004 6:26:35 AM PST by Tennessee_Bob (Come on you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?)
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To: kahoutek

With that title...this thread's gonna go downhill in a MAJOR hurry.

Gosh...


4 posted on 12/01/2004 6:26:47 AM PST by RosieCotton (He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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To: Tennessee_Bob

Dammit, you beat me to it...


5 posted on 12/01/2004 6:28:14 AM PST by Wombat101 (Sanitized for YOUR protection....)
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To: kahoutek

funniest line in "Armegeddon"

"What's up- NASA find oil on uranus?"


6 posted on 12/01/2004 6:28:16 AM PST by Mr. K ((this space for rent))
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To: kahoutek

There are rings around Uranus? Not with Preparation-H~~~~~~~~!


7 posted on 12/01/2004 6:30:56 AM PST by Red Badger (If the Red States are JESUSLAND, then the Blue States are SATANLAND......)
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To: Mr. K

If you went camping and woke up with oil on Uranus...


8 posted on 12/01/2004 6:31:04 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (Stay safe in the "sandbox" Greg! Thread degradation services available. Inquire within.)
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To: RosieCotton
...driven by winds clocked at 500 mph. "They're the fastest we've ever measured on Uranus," Hammel said.

(from the article) This won't help.
9 posted on 12/01/2004 6:31:21 AM PST by self_evident
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To: kahoutek

Viewing Uranus has never interested me.


10 posted on 12/01/2004 6:31:21 AM PST by dotnetfellow
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To: kahoutek

Cool pic.


11 posted on 12/01/2004 6:31:31 AM PST by RadioAstronomer
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To: kahoutek

Alright people, real professionals don't say "Yur-anus," it should be pronounced "Urine-us."

:P


12 posted on 12/01/2004 6:31:58 AM PST by Constantine XIII
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To: All

Thanks guys. Just woke up and the first thing I see is uranus. Think I'll go back to bed.


13 posted on 12/01/2004 6:32:01 AM PST by wizr (Let's put Christ back in Christmas. Love is the most wonderful gift. John 3:16)
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To: Mr. K

You better hope no one finds oil on uranus... or they'll drill it.


14 posted on 12/01/2004 6:32:01 AM PST by adam_az (Nov. 3, 2004: Our Republic is Secure!)
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To: RosieCotton
With that title...this thread's gonna go downhill in a MAJOR hurry.

I give it 5 minutes or less....

Were any Klingon's found circling the planet?

15 posted on 12/01/2004 6:32:06 AM PST by capydick ("History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid." --President Dwight Eisenho)
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To: kahoutek

Well this thread is obviously NOT about Elton John or the Queer Eye guys.


16 posted on 12/01/2004 6:32:22 AM PST by subterfuge (Hey Dems, don't blame gays, it was your candidate!)
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To: self_evident

The Mexicans must have beat us there!


17 posted on 12/01/2004 6:33:05 AM PST by Constantine XIII
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To: PatrickHenry

Seventh planet ping.


18 posted on 12/01/2004 6:34:10 AM PST by Junior (FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC)
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To: Fierce Allegiance

...you would be camping with Mark Morford?


19 posted on 12/01/2004 6:34:12 AM PST by steve8714 (Urban sprawl and citizens' guns will save this country.)
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To: RadioAstronomer

We know that there is no life on Uranus BUT, is there enough internal heat for life to grow in Uranus. Just askin.


20 posted on 12/01/2004 6:34:25 AM PST by MAWG (Arafat, Kerry and now Rather..... I'll drink to that!)
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