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Uranus up close: Giant ice planet set to be its closest to Earth tonight and will be visible [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^
| Ocrtober 19, 2017
| Cheyenne MacDonald
Posted on 10/19/2017 6:44:17 AM PDT by C19fan
You might not need a telescope to spot Uranus tonight. The ice giant planet will reach opposition on Thursday, bringing it to the closest point in its orbit to Earth. In this position, the blue-green planet will be visible in the sky all night long – and, while you’ll definitely be able to see it with binoculars, NASA says Uranus may even be bright enough to see with the naked eye.
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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: uranus; youranus
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To: apillar
Somebody seriously did not like that planet!
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posted on
10/19/2017 7:27:37 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
To: MPJackal
Literally laughed out loud. Great to feel young again, ain’t it? :-)
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posted on
10/19/2017 7:29:42 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: C19fan
Uranus may even be bright enough to see with the naked eye.
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posted on
10/19/2017 7:32:25 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: C19fan
The whole world will be able to see Uranus?
Golly!
KYPD
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posted on
10/19/2017 7:32:29 AM PDT
by
petro45acp
(" It IS About Islam: exposing the truth about ISIS, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the caliphate" by Glenn Beck)
To: originalbuckeye
William Herschel, 1781.
Named for the Greek god of the sky. Uranus mated with his mother Gaia, who gave birth to 12 titans, 3 cyclopses and 3 giants with 100 hands each. (That's the sort of thing that can happen in cases like that.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
10/19/2017 7:36:38 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: C19fan
I can’t understand why anyone would want to see the dirty rings around Uranus.
To: LibWhacker
I can’t understand why anyone would want to see the dirty rings around Uranus.To look for Klingons?
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posted on
10/19/2017 7:39:37 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: C19fan
What is interesting is that the ancient astronomers were oblivious. The Greeks may have had another god, if they noticed.
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posted on
10/19/2017 7:40:33 AM PDT
by
cicero2k
To: central_va
Klingons? I don’t care if it rains diamonds on Uranus, I don’t want to see it!
To: C19fan
I guess the whole star trek, Klingons, toilet paper and Uranus thing is inevitable.
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posted on
10/19/2017 7:57:29 AM PDT
by
JohnMac
To: C19fan
So close you can smell it.
To: Red Badger
***Seeing Uranus is a once in a lifetime event!.............***
Believe me, Micheal Moore will STILL not be able to see his.
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posted on
10/19/2017 8:05:20 AM PDT
by
ResponseAbility
(The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
To: C19fan
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posted on
10/19/2017 8:09:59 AM PDT
by
pcottraux
( depthsofpentecost.com)
To: LibWhacker
****I don’t care if it rains diamonds on Uranus****
I see a great pickup line in there somewhere...
“I hear there is a planet in our solar system that rains diamonds. Baby, I want to see diamonds raining on Uranus”
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posted on
10/19/2017 8:10:58 AM PDT
by
ResponseAbility
(The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
To: pcottraux
I showed up here just to see the ratio of joke posts!
To: cicero2k
Urania was the muse of astronomy, and the astronomers at the time preferred her name to the one that John Herschel, the discover had proposed, namely ‘Georgium Sidium’ or ‘George’s Star’, after King George III.
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posted on
10/19/2017 8:16:11 AM PDT
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: C19fan
“Uranus up close....” Stopped ready after that!
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posted on
10/19/2017 8:17:15 AM PDT
by
TruthWillWin
(The problem wiath socialists is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
To: C19fan
I told my neighbor “I will be looking at Uranus tonight. From my backyard. With binoculars.”
There is a “For Sale” sign on the house now. They used to be so friendly.
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posted on
10/19/2017 8:19:25 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
To: Seruzawa
Somehow, Uranus sounds far more disgusting as a gas giant.
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posted on
10/19/2017 8:20:18 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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