Posted on 10/06/2006 4:36:43 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside
It is just an ordinary hemorrhoid
No sexism now, it could be a hermorrhoid.
I think this is another posting of the same story from a little while ago.
Unless...
There's a second spot on Uranus...
The jokes write themselves...
Uranus's most extraordinary feature is the tilt of its axis – almost 98° (or 82° if it is taken to be retrograde), so that the planet effectively spins around on its side. As a result, for part of its orbit, one pole continually faces the Sun while the other is in total darkness. Half an orbit later, the roles (and poles) are reversed. In between, the Sun rises and sets around the equator normally. For Uranus to be in such a position, it was almost certainly struck a formidable blow by another massive object. Since the plane containing its 13 rings (see Uranus, rings) and 27 known moons (see Uranus, moons) is similarly tilted, this impact presumably took place during or shortly after the accretionary phase of the planets.
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/U/Uranus.html
http://science.nasa.gov/NEWHOME/headlines/ast29mar99_1.htm
Mar. 29, 1999: If springtime on Earth were anything like it will be on Uranus, we would be experiencing waves of massive storms, each one covering the country from Kansas to New York, with temperatures of 300 degrees below zero.
IIRC, the Hubble has worked well past its planned useful lifetime, so even having one camera functional is free money.
Sadist!
"Ouch."
Did you hear about the constipated mathemetician?
He had to work it out with a pencil...
Us engineers use slide rules...
And here I thought it was Webb
Mathematics and alcohol do not mix. Please do not drink and derive.
Now we know why the Hubble has trouble:>
Must be this was moved out of news? There were *no* topics and *no* keywords. One can post a topic without the latter, but must have a former. :') I added 'em.
Still more topics about Uranus.
Planet Uranus Caught On VLT (Very Large Telescope)
BBC | 12-31-2002
Posted on 12/31/2002 7:33:49 AM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/814647/posts
Enigma of Uranus solved at last
Yahoo! News | 3/10/04 | AFP - Paris
Posted on 03/11/2004 1:47:40 AM EST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095247/posts
Uranus: Whacky weather, odd rings
Astronomy Magazine | 11/10
Posted on 11/14/2004 12:43:06 AM EST by ambrose
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1279478/posts
Two more rings discovered around Uranus
MSNBC/AP | Dec. 22nd
Posted on 12/22/2005 2:55:15 PM EST by iPod Shuffle
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1545558/posts
Hubble spots Uranus' moons, rings
Baltimore Sun via San Francisco Chronicle | December 23, 2005 | Frank D. Roylance
Posted on 12/24/2005 10:02:26 PM EST by neverdem
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546744/posts
Hubble discovers new rings and moons around Uranus
Kerala | 12/23/05
Posted on 12/29/2005 2:26:39 PM EST by iPod Shuffle
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548801/posts
The Second Ring-Moon System of Uranus: Discovery and Dynamics
Science Mag | 2/17
Posted on 02/23/2006 5:55:13 PM EST by iPod Shuffle
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1584385/posts
UC Berkeley scientists report new rings found around Uranus (a blue ring and a red ring)
AP on Bakersfield Californian | 4/6/06 | AP
Posted on 04/06/2006 3:47:03 PM EDT by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1610446/posts
Seventh planet has a blue ring
BBC | April 7, 2006 | Helen Briggs
Posted on 04/08/2006 7:03:32 PM EDT by NYer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1611698/posts
Uranus Ring Turns Out Blue
Discovery Channel | April 7, 2006 | Irene Klotz
Posted on 04/10/2006 2:14:40 PM EDT by presidio9
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1612525/posts
Uranus remains mystery despite new discoveries
News-Times | 2004-11-30 | Robert Miller
Posted on 12/01/2004 9:25:34 AM EST by kahoutek
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1291898/posts
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