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Hubble spots dark spot on Uranus (picture)
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| 10/4/06
Posted on 10/06/2006 4:36:43 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside
Hubble spots dark spot on Uranus
Updated Wed. Oct. 4 2006 4:27 PM ET
Brian Jackson , DiscoveryChannel.ca
The recently-troubled Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a giant swirling, dark vortex on Uranus.
Peering 3.2 billion km into space, Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys snapped the photos on August 23. The dark spot indicates a massive storm on the alien planet's surface that is large enough to engulf two-thirds of the United States.
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers report the spot measures 1,700 km by 3,000 km. The image is a composite of three cameras that comprise Hubble's main viewing device.
Hubble trouble
Since taking the image, Hubble's primary camera has experienced technical difficulties.
The three-channel camera shut down after losing power on Sept. 23. Since then, one of the three channels have been restored.
Telescope managers redirected power to get the Wide Field Channel to work again.
Power is unable to reach the other two channels. NASA is not sure why.
TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: astronomy; moonsofuranus; ringarounduranus; uranus
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To: null and void
Uh... it helps with the 'ouch'?
To: wideminded
"A good enough reason to change the name of this planet."
OK.
I suggest we rename it "Planet Sphincter"
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posted on
10/06/2006 4:53:26 PM PDT
by
Nik Naym
(If ignorance is bliss, how come you are not in Nirvana?)
To: Mr. Brightside
I'm telling you if one did not know what "Uranus" was this headline would lead one to think it was another Foley story.
To: MAD-AS-HELL
Man I thought there was going to be an ass with a dark spot on it,
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posted on
10/06/2006 4:55:09 PM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(an enemy of islam)
To: null and void
Ok-KY Jam, but the seeds are a pain in the a$$
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posted on
10/06/2006 4:55:48 PM PDT
by
5Madman2
(There is no such thing as an experienced suicide bomber)
To: Mr. Brightside
Hubble spots dark spot on Uranus (picture)...As long as they don't spot any Shi'ites there.
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posted on
10/06/2006 4:55:53 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
("...Church and state are home to the very same people....")
To: Just mythoughts
Except that Foley is a dark spot BECAUSE of his anus.
To: Mr. Brightside
it was a pun sorta:
Oh! KY Jelly = OK why Jelly
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posted on
10/06/2006 4:56:21 PM PDT
by
null and void
("It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret."--Jackie Joyner-Kersee)
To: 5Madman2
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posted on
10/06/2006 4:56:52 PM PDT
by
null and void
("It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret."--Jackie Joyner-Kersee)
To: Mr. Brightside
See what I mean.... I sure needed this LOL.
To: Joe Boucher
"Man I thought there was going to be an ass with a dark spot on it,"
To: thoughtomator
Thirty seven posts before someone mentioned the Klingons on a Uranus thread. We're falling on our butts here.
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posted on
10/06/2006 4:57:45 PM PDT
by
CFC__VRWC
(AIDS, abortion, euthanasia - Don't liberals just kill ya?)
To: Mr. Brightside
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posted on
10/06/2006 4:58:10 PM PDT
by
Toby06
To: Mr. Brightside
I'm sorry, don't usually get into this type of response;
But the title alone is scary,
And coming from "Mr Brightside" is just plain .... well, weird.
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posted on
10/06/2006 4:58:34 PM PDT
by
norton
To: Mr. Brightside
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posted on
10/06/2006 4:58:59 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(The California Republican Party needs Arnold the way a drowning man needs an anvil.)
To: PatrickHenry
Dark spot on Uranus ping.
If I knew we were using the Hubble for that, I'd have favored cutting the funding long ago.
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posted on
10/06/2006 4:59:36 PM PDT
by
VadeRetro
(A systematic investigation of nature does not negotiate with crackpots.)
To: SunkenCiv
Attempted ping with a straight face.
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posted on
10/06/2006 4:59:47 PM PDT
by
Berosus
("There is no beauty like Jerusalem, no wealth like Rome, no depravity like Arabia."--the Talmud)
To: norton
But the title alone is scary,
And coming from "Mr Brightside" is just plain .... well, weird. Come on. That's how rumors get started.
To: VadeRetro
If I knew we were using the Hubble for that, I'd have favored cutting the funding long ago.No kidding. Why should my tax money go to help Katie Couric try to boost her ratings at CBS?
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:01:24 PM PDT
by
CFC__VRWC
(AIDS, abortion, euthanasia - Don't liberals just kill ya?)
To: ElkGroveDan
It's just Klingons Some people call them 'dingleberries.'
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