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A Day on Uranus Just Got Longer
newsweek ^ | Apr 08, 2025 | Ian Randall

Posted on 04/08/2025 12:25:48 PM PDT by rdl6989

Astronomers have just revealed that a day on Uranus is longer than was previously thought, at 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 seconds.

This is 28 seconds longer than the previous estimate, which was made by NASA's Voyager 2 probe during its flyby of the ice giant planet back in 1986.

The new figure—which is 1,000 times more accurate—was calculated based on a decade's worth of observations of Uranus's aurorae made by NASA/ESA's Hubble Space Telescope.

The long-term data on the planet's auroral emissions enabled the researchers to track the positions of the planet's magnetic poles and, by extension, its inner rotation rate.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; hst; hubble; ianrandall; magneticpole; nasa; newsweek; poleshift; science; uranus; voyager2; xplanets
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To: Clarancebeaks

Ah, I was expecting the old Star Trek joke about how the Starship Enterprise and toilet paper are alike.


21 posted on 04/08/2025 1:26:03 PM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "all's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: rdl6989
Bajunkadunk.

22 posted on 04/08/2025 1:49:52 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Magnum44

it is truly discomforting. even exlax isn’t helping. maybe an enema?


23 posted on 04/08/2025 2:42:21 PM PDT by Qwapisking ("The left will rue the day they cheated Trump out of the 2020 election forever" L.Star )
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To: Lurker
Out gassing is a serious issue.

My wife tells me that all the time.

24 posted on 04/08/2025 3:56:16 PM PDT by Noumenon (You can evade reality, but you cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. KTF)
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To: Noumenon

“ Out gassing is a serious issue.
My wife tells me that all the time.”

Blame it on the dog. But seriously, I’m sure our use of petroleum caused global warming on Uranus resulting in longer days.


25 posted on 04/08/2025 4:01:58 PM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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To: rdl6989

Welp, there goes my designs for an FTL engine.


26 posted on 04/08/2025 7:29:05 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: rdl6989

And this matters, because...?


27 posted on 04/09/2025 10:59:59 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE fSPEECH! )
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To: rdl6989

Did the inhabitants of Uranus just adopt daylight savings time?


28 posted on 04/09/2025 11:32:57 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: rdl6989

Voyager sped up the rotation when it flew by. The little bit of gravity interacted with Uranus’s and sped up the rotation....


29 posted on 04/09/2025 3:55:31 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
Thanks rdl6989, nice twofer.
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30 posted on 04/09/2025 8:52:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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