Baby Powder!? Da heck wit' dat! I use the heavy duty stuff!
Posted on 07/04/2018 12:21:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The researchers report that they were studying the planet's rings, which are collectively called Eta, and discovered that they had an oddly shaped orbit -- not round or even circular. Instead, they describe it as sort of triangular. More study showed that the odd orbit of the rings was due to gravitational pull from Cressida -- one of the planet's moons. The gravitational impact is exaggerated, they note, due to the moon keeping pace with the orbit of the planet. The particles in the ring, on the other hand, move faster than the moon. This results in the moon tugging on the ring at as it passes by, causing the odd orbital shape. The tug exerted by the moon on the rings allowed the team to deduce its mass. They found that it is around 1/300,000th that of our own moon. Also, it has only 86 percent of the density of water, which indicates it is porous.
In studying the orbits of the moons, the researchers found that Cressida is on a path that will cause it to collide with another moon called Desdemona, which currently moves in an orbit just 900 kilometers from Cressida's. The gravity of Cressida is slowly pulling them closer together and will cause them to crash into one another in approximately 1 million years. They also found the same to be true for Cupid and Belinda, which will collide sometime later.
The researchers note that material in the inner rings around Uranus appears likely to be the remnants of other moons that were destroyed when they collided.
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
Initially thought as a looming asteroid, upon closer inspection of Uranus, it is indeed a large hemorrhoid.
“Why, I’m not even a proctologist..”
click on my name.
Wow! They really should be called “a$$terroids”
Well, someone get out and PUSH!
Civ!
My pharts smell good! To me at least. I’d rather fart than be bloated!
Look. I’m not going on a guilt trip over this, this is all because of cosmic dust. All the bad political crap is because of the dust off Uranus. Not myanus, Uranus. Much more dust off Uranus and Trump will get 4 SCOTUS picks and the leftist loons will lose their moons. Asswhat I think.
A little baby powder can ease the discomfort.
Baby Powder!? Da heck wit' dat! I use the heavy duty stuff!
Oh geez!
That s one place I do not want to go.
Although I’ve heard the Chinese food there is to die for!
Study your own damned anus.
Okay. Butt first, pull my finger.
They specialize in Cream of Sum Yung Gai.
Mmmm, Cream of Sum... HEY, WAIT A MINUTE!
Portia, Cressida, and Ophelia.
Darn woman drivers .... Places as big ass the solar system, and they can’t even keep in their own orbits.
Served with Prairie Oysters and a Harvey Milk-Shake.
Lol :D
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