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Uranus Is Being Chased By Asteroids!
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| June 18, 2013
| Elizabeth Howell on
Posted on 06/18/2013 7:49:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: doc1019
” what was William Herschel thinking when he gave this name to our 7th planet?”
Uranus?
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posted on
06/18/2013 10:01:40 PM PDT
by
aquila48
To: BenLurkin
By decree of the International Astronomy Society, anyone found guilty of making a bad Uranus pun will be executed.
To: aquila48
He might have been thinking of someone’s anus, not necessarily mine ... I’m not that old. Old, but not that old. LOL!
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posted on
06/18/2013 10:05:06 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(There is absolutely no difference between pro-choice and pro-abortion.)
To: BenLurkin
why are they called hemorroids and not asteroids?
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posted on
06/18/2013 10:13:58 PM PDT
by
CottShop
(Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
To: BenLurkin
something, something, Klingons!
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posted on
06/18/2013 11:11:01 PM PDT
by
DaxtonBrown
(http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
To: pax_et_bonum
Ουρανυς (translated to English as "Uranus") is the ancient Greek word for heaven or firmament.That's easily solved with a little Metamucil in your diet.
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posted on
06/18/2013 11:15:12 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: Meshakhad
That is why they have renamed Uranus as Urectum!
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posted on
06/18/2013 11:20:21 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; ...
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posted on
06/19/2013 12:17:56 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: Cvengr
Ουρανυς (translated to English as "Uranus") is the ancient Greek word for heaven or firmament.
That's easily solved with a little Metamucil in your diet.
__________
A+
:-)
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posted on
06/19/2013 5:51:35 AM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: BenLurkin
Good gravy! Welcome to fourth grade!
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posted on
06/19/2013 5:59:20 AM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
(http://thegatwickview.tumblr.com/ -- http://thepurginglutheran.tumblr.com/)
To: InvisibleChurch
Ha...
Free Republic is always ripe for another Uranus thread...
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posted on
06/19/2013 6:02:35 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: InvisibleChurch
By the way, in case you can't find it:
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posted on
06/19/2013 6:05:14 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: MrB
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posted on
06/19/2013 8:02:32 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: doc1019
Actually, Herschel wanted to name the planet after King George III—”Georgium Sidus” (George’s Star)—but other astronomers insisted on a name from classical mythology, like those of the other planets.
To: doc1019; SunkenCiv
Actually, I don’t think he named it. I once saw an astronomy book from the late 1700s, and it called the seventh planet “Herschel.”. Apparently somebody came along a while after the discovery and decided the planet should be named after an ancient god, like the others.
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posted on
06/19/2013 2:31:37 PM PDT
by
Berosus
(I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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