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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 spacecrafts 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 planets atmosphere. Loss of atmosphere resulting in plasmoids has been observed around other planets in our solar system, including Saturn and Jupiter, though its 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. Its 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
**The data revealed a helical bundle of magnetic flux containing planetary plasma, known as a plasmoid, in the tail of the magnetosphere,**
Can the plasmoid be removed from the tail of the magnetosphere? Would that help?
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posted on
03/26/2020 7:41:39 PM PDT
by
Zuriel
(Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
To: BenLurkin
I am a 24/7 cropduster of some renown, TYVM. Ask my wife and my sister.
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03/26/2020 7:46:03 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(FREE JAMES WOODS! AGAIN!)
To: bankwalker
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posted on
03/26/2020 7:46:08 PM PDT
by
gogeo
(The left prides themselves on being tolerant, but they can't even be civil.)
To: YouPosting2Me
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posted on
03/26/2020 7:47:09 PM PDT
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: BenLurkin
Uranus is leaking gas Pretty much constantly
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posted on
03/26/2020 7:50:27 PM PDT
by
GaryCrow
To: bankwalker
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posted on
03/26/2020 7:51:47 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
To: BenLurkin
dang way to much soda again
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posted on
03/26/2020 7:57:35 PM PDT
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markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!at)
To: bankwalker
how did they know?
Alexa hears everything
To: BenLurkin
My wife says this to me at least once a day! :D
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin; Swordmaker
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03/26/2020 8:06:06 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: BenLurkin
Probably dines at Taco Bell....
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posted on
03/26/2020 8:07:35 PM PDT
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Vendome
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To: BenLurkin
Uranus vents gas so you don’t blow up.
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03/26/2020 8:14:44 PM PDT
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Old Yeller
(Abortion mills are kept open as a necessity, but the churches have been closed.)
To: Vendome
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posted on
03/26/2020 8:17:04 PM PDT
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Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
To: DoodleBob
That was a stand out show!
I am ecstatic to read something that is not about that “V” thing.
This was a nice break and this article is funny. I hope it is meant to be.
And, in my mind, that series was the best comedy show ever written and produced and directed. I am biased however.
To: sauropod
To: BenLurkin
Well hell, I could’ve told you that.
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03/26/2020 8:25:35 PM PDT
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FLT-bird
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posted on
03/26/2020 8:27:49 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/26/2020 8:29:57 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
To: BenLurkin
“its thought that Uranus has leaked far more of its gas than the rest.
There. Somebody finally said it.
“Its believed that a massive object slammed into Uranus a long time ago”
Now we’re putting it all out there...
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posted on
03/26/2020 8:32:41 PM PDT
by
BeauBo
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