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'Traffic jams' around Uranus could solve the mystery of its weak radiation belts
space.com ^ | Robert Lea

Posted on 07/10/2024 7:48:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The mystery dates back to Voyager 2's visit to Uranus in January 1986, far before the probe left the solar system in 2018. The spacecraft found that Uranus' magnetic field is asymmetric and tilted roughly 60° away from its spin axis. Additionally, Voyager 2 found that the radiation belts of Uranus, consisting of particles trapped by this magnetic field, are about 100 times weaker than predicted.

"It has a magnetic field like no other in the solar system. Most planets that have strong intrinsic magnetic fields, like Earth, Jupiter and Saturn. They have a very 'traditional' magnetic field shape, which is known as a dipole," lead author Matthew Acevski told Space.com. "This is the same magnetic field shape as you would expect from your everyday bar magnet. At Uranus, this is not the case; Uranus' field is highly asymmetric — and it becomes increasingly so closer to the planets’ surface."

(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; caelus; catastrophism; deusexmachina; poleshift; science; uranis; uranus
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1 posted on 07/10/2024 7:48:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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I thought this was a story about our transportation secretary


2 posted on 07/10/2024 7:49:45 AM PDT by al baby (I know sarcasm )
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To: BenLurkin

In before the idiot jokesters ...


3 posted on 07/10/2024 7:50:10 AM PDT by TexasGator
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Usually only see those jams after eating too many starchy foods.


4 posted on 07/10/2024 7:50:31 AM PDT by politicket
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To: BenLurkin

This should be a fun thread.


5 posted on 07/10/2024 7:51:29 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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6 posted on 07/10/2024 7:52:22 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: BenLurkin

Paging Barney Frank, please pick up the brown courtesy phone.


7 posted on 07/10/2024 7:52:54 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: BenLurkin; 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; ...
Heh... Thanks BenLurkin.



8 posted on 07/10/2024 7:54:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: BenLurkin

Uranus and jam should not be in the same sentence...


9 posted on 07/10/2024 7:55:11 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: dfwgator
I'd like to ask you one last time. Conduct yourselves with the utmost maturity.


10 posted on 07/10/2024 7:58:12 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: BenLurkin

Uranus, DNC, same same.


11 posted on 07/10/2024 8:00:10 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: Magnum44

would “preserves” be better?


12 posted on 07/10/2024 8:00:41 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: BenLurkin

Too easy


13 posted on 07/10/2024 8:03:40 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: al baby

Well played.


14 posted on 07/10/2024 8:03:40 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: BenLurkin

‘Jams’ and ‘Uranus’ should never be in the same sentence...........


15 posted on 07/10/2024 8:08:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: TexasGator

What idiot jokesters? I think it’s very serious when there are traffic jams around Uranus, and you should too!


16 posted on 07/10/2024 8:11:36 AM PDT by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy)
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To: al baby

i thought it was about constipation- basically the same thing when you think about it


17 posted on 07/10/2024 8:12:56 AM PDT by God luvs America (6young 3.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Red Badger

Go to the doctor.


18 posted on 07/10/2024 8:13:04 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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The rest of the keyword, sorted:

19 posted on 07/10/2024 8:14:18 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: BenLurkin

Glad they finally cracked it.


20 posted on 07/10/2024 8:20:31 AM PDT by Migraine ( )
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