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Two more rings discovered around Uranus
MSNBC/AP ^
| Dec. 22nd
Posted on 12/22/2005 11:55:15 AM PST by iPod Shuffle
Two more rings discovered around Uranus
First additions to planet's ring system in nearly 20 years
Updated: 2:03 p.m. ET Dec. 22, 2005
Astronomers aided by the Hubble Space Telescope have spied two more rings encircling Uranus, the first additions to the planet’s ring system in nearly two decades.
The faint, dusty rings orbit outside of Uranus’ previously known rings, but within the orbits of its large moons, said Mark Showalter, an astronomer at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif., who made the discovery.
Details will appear on the journal Science's Web site, in advance of print publication. The discovery, announced Thursday, means scientists now believe the seventh planet from the sun possesses 13 rings.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; charmin; moonsofuranus; ouranos; personalhygiene; ringarounduranus; science; uranus; wipe; xplanets
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To: iPod Shuffle
Just over a week old and already causing trouble.
By the way, have they launched a probe at Uranus yet ?
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posted on
12/22/2005 12:07:52 PM PST
by
Cyber Ninja
(Wee Fish Ewe a Mare Egrets Moose. Panda Hippo Gnu Deer.)
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To: commonerX
LOL - Oh Freepers, you're so baaaaaaaaad.
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posted on
12/22/2005 12:10:53 PM PST
by
Enterprise
(Anytime liberals are in power, nobody's in charge.)
To: iPod Shuffle; cyborg
Good grief, scientists, just rename the friggin' planet already. LOL
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posted on
12/22/2005 12:11:42 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: iPod Shuffle
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posted on
12/22/2005 12:16:01 PM PST
by
Fintan
(See??? Sometimes I do read the articles.)
To: RockinRight; Millee; EX52D; Maximus of Texas
YOU MUST BOW DOWN TO THE ALMIGHTY BUNGHOLE! BUNGHOLIO!
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posted on
12/22/2005 12:17:01 PM PST
by
PaulaB
(Gëzuar Krishlindjet Vitin e Ri!)
To: PaulaB; Millee; EX52D
I saw this thread and was about to ping the group but saw that all the good responses were taken.... and then PaulaB posted.
bunghole...PaulaB, please don't use that word again.
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posted on
12/22/2005 12:21:31 PM PST
by
Maximus of Texas
(On my signal, unleash Christmas)
To: Petronski
They will rename it Urectum...
/obscure Futurama reference
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posted on
12/22/2005 12:21:48 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
To: iPod Shuffle
Two more rings discovered around UranusMine? or Urs?
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posted on
12/22/2005 12:23:31 PM PST
by
CougarGA7
(If children are a gift from God, is adoption regifting?)
To: Maximus of Texas
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posted on
12/22/2005 12:33:16 PM PST
by
EX52D
((I have shifted to "Christmas Survival Mode"))
To: Maximus of Texas
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posted on
12/22/2005 12:34:09 PM PST
by
PaulaB
(Gëzuar Krishlindjet Vitin e Ri!)
To: PaulaB
I know that's not you because you said you had a tattoo back there.
To: EX52D
Oh Lord, they have a web page.
Bunghole Liquors
FWIW, "Bunghole" is an apt name for a liquor store. Beavis and Butthead aside "bunghole" can properly be defined as the hole in a cask, keg, or barrel through which liquid is poured in or drained out.
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posted on
12/22/2005 12:42:49 PM PST
by
Drew68
To: Maximus of Texas
LOL
its good to have dreams sweetie
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posted on
12/22/2005 12:43:04 PM PST
by
PaulaB
(Gëzuar Krishlindjet Vitin e Ri!)
To: Drew68
LOL! Just when I thought I was going to get a nasty response to that...it was taken a step further...too funny!
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posted on
12/22/2005 12:44:43 PM PST
by
EX52D
((I have shifted to "Christmas Survival Mode"))
To: PaulaB
Yeah. I want to be an architect.
To: Drew68; EX52D
Looking through the site and laughing
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posted on
12/22/2005 12:48:15 PM PST
by
PaulaB
(Gëzuar Krishlindjet Vitin e Ri!)
To: iPod Shuffle
Two rings around it?!
It's a Brokeback Mountain bullseye!
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posted on
12/22/2005 12:49:55 PM PST
by
Sax
To: PaulaB
LOL...you learn something new every day, huh?
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posted on
12/22/2005 12:50:52 PM PST
by
EX52D
((I have shifted to "Christmas Survival Mode"))
To: EX52D
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posted on
12/22/2005 12:51:21 PM PST
by
PaulaB
(Gëzuar Krishlindjet Vitin e Ri!)
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