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Uranus is leaking gas
BGR ^
| 06/26/2020
Posted on 03/26/2020 7:20:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin
As NASA reports in a new post, researchers recently discovered that Voyager 2 cruised through a blob of charged gas called a plasmoid as it passed the planet. The spacecraft’s journey through the plasmoid lasted only about a minute, but that was still long enough for scientists to spot the anomaly in the decades-old data.
The scientists believe that gas loss may have already drained as much 55% of the planet’s atmosphere. Loss of atmosphere resulting in plasmoids has been observed around other planets in our solar system, including Saturn and Jupiter, though it’s thought that Uranus has leaked far more of its gas than the rest.
Uranus is an incredibly strange planet when compared to its peers in our system. It rotates on its side, making it an immediate standout. On top of that, it has a distinct wobble that astronomers have been trying to explain for a long time. It’s believed that a massive object slammed into Uranus a long time ago, and its bizarre movement today is a direct result of that event.
“The data revealed a helical bundle of magnetic flux containing planetary plasma, known as a ‘plasmoid,’ in the tail of the magnetosphere,” the researchers write in a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters. “This first observation of a plasmoid in an Ice Giant magnetosphere elucidates processes that occur in the magnetosphere of Uranus and suggests that plasmoids may play a large role in transporting plasma.”
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; jupiter; magnetosphere; mikewehner; planetaryplasma; plasmoid; saturn; science; uranus; voyager2
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To: BenLurkin
OK, who cut the plasmoid?
To: BenLurkin
Stop it. It’s not a joke. This is series.
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posted on
03/26/2020 7:29:05 PM PDT
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Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
To: bankwalker
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posted on
03/26/2020 7:29:26 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: bankwalker
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posted on
03/26/2020 7:29:27 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Uranus' tilt essentially has the planet orbiting the sun on its side, the axis of its spin is nearly pointing at the sun.
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posted on
03/26/2020 7:29:40 PM PDT
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
To: ChildOfThe60s
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03/26/2020 7:29:54 PM PDT
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Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: BenLurkin
You would think it would settle onto an object somewhere else.
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03/26/2020 7:31:03 PM PDT
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dila813
To: Jamestown1630
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03/26/2020 7:31:49 PM PDT
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ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
To: BenLurkin
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03/26/2020 7:31:56 PM PDT
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Dr.Deth
To: Jamestown1630
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03/26/2020 7:32:38 PM PDT
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Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
To: BenLurkin
To: ChildOfThe60s
Oh, well.
It’s good to laugh, right now - and this thread gave me more laughs than I’ve had in quite a while :-)
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03/26/2020 7:33:32 PM PDT
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Jamestown1630
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To: bankwalker
That dirty B*st*D followed through and everything. LOL+
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03/26/2020 7:34:23 PM PDT
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moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) Life really does begin at forty. Until then, you are just doing research.)
To: Jamestown1630; ChildOfThe60s; Maris Crane; Yaelle; SkyDancer
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03/26/2020 7:34:24 PM PDT
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DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Perfect 😂😂😂
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03/26/2020 7:34:32 PM PDT
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Spacetrucker
(George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
To: BenLurkin
The headline from scientists covering the coronavirus would be:
“Planetary Farts causing Solar System Warming - We are all dead”
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03/26/2020 7:35:04 PM PDT
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Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: BenLurkin
Sounds ‘deadly’ (plus no sound in space)...
To: DoodleBob
I love the ‘rough translation’!
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03/26/2020 7:38:04 PM PDT
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Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: BenLurkin
I don’t have to take this from a website.
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03/26/2020 7:38:58 PM PDT
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Colt1851Navy
(What was wrong with Nixon?)
To: YouPosting2Me
It’s the silent ones that you fear most...
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03/26/2020 7:39:17 PM PDT
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Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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