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Every Weird Moon of Uranus Explained in 8 Minutes [8:02]
YouTube ^ | May 11, 2026 | Dr_Curio

Posted on 09/19/2026 6:17:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

[snip] Uranus has 29 confirmed moons. Only one spacecraft has ever visited the planet -- and that was in 1986 for just a few hours. Yet in the last two years alone we have discovered a brand new moon, found hidden oceans beneath multiple moons, and revealed that the dark sides of its largest moons are on completely the wrong hemisphere. 

In this video we break down every weird moon of Uranus -- from a world with the tallest cliff in the entire solar system, to a moon with a single mysterious bright ring sitting alone on an otherwise pitch black surface, to the smallest moon ever found orbiting Uranus discovered just last year by the James Webb Space Telescope. 

This is Part 3 of our Weird Moons Series. [/snip] 
Every Weird Moon of Uranus Explained in 8 Minutes | 8:02 
Dr_Curio | 2.97K subscribers | 14,583 views | May 11, 2026
Every Weird Moon of Uranus Explained in 8 Minutes | 8:02 | Dr_Curio | 2.97K subscribers | 14,583 views | May 11, 2026 

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; humor; saturdaycomics; saturdayfunnies; science; uranus
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To: Disambiguator

Ouranos has the emphasis on the second (to last) syllable, so Uranus is correctly pronounced that way. Some uptight nitwit tried to pass YER uh nus as the correct way, but it isn’t and it’s stupid when people claim that it is.


21 posted on 09/19/2026 8:38:46 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills and jihadists anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: HonorInPa

What do toilet paper and the starship Enterprise have in common?


22 posted on 09/19/2026 8:47:43 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: SunkenCiv

Well, I guess we have to enjoy the ride until they decide to go full Roman.

It’s pretty hard to have this kind of fun with the name Caelus.


23 posted on 09/19/2026 9:00:55 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: SunkenCiv

Yep. Just here for the entertainment value of the Uranus comments...


24 posted on 09/19/2026 9:23:36 AM PDT by Afterguard (I often wonder what happens to people who ask me for directions.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Just be glad it didn’t end up being Georgium Sidus. Not as funny.


25 posted on 09/19/2026 10:03:24 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: SunkenCiv

I don’t give a Puck about this thread except the jokes....waiting....


26 posted on 09/19/2026 10:43:22 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: EvilCapitalist

😁


27 posted on 09/19/2026 10:58:32 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills and jihadists anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Uncle Miltie; Vendome
Dr. Robin Goodfellow is best at that procedure.

28 posted on 09/19/2026 11:01:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills and jihadists anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

29 posted on 09/19/2026 11:08:36 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et des phrases)
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To: SunkenCiv

Uranus and moon in the same sentence have Beavis and Butthead in spasms.


30 posted on 09/19/2026 11:29:36 AM PDT by DPMD (u)
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To: Tom Tetroxide

In charge of the probe is Dr. Ben Dover.


31 posted on 09/19/2026 11:30:23 AM PDT by DPMD (u)
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To: SunkenCiv
Gustav Holst - Uranus (Orchestral version)

Jeremy Levy: Uranus, the Magician (Scrolling Score) - The Planets: Reimagined

32 posted on 09/19/2026 12:40:35 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Phil Weiser claps on 1 and 3. So does Jena Griswold.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Yeah, when they do that it sounds like Urine-us.


33 posted on 09/19/2026 12:41:43 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Phil Weiser claps on 1 and 3. So does Jena Griswold.)
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To: All

Uranus is a very strange place.


34 posted on 09/19/2026 12:57:19 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: SunkenCiv

“I’m sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all.

“Fry: “Oh. What’s it called now?”

Farnsworth: “Urectum.”


35 posted on 09/19/2026 1:01:34 PM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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To: SunkenCiv

Where are Dingle and Berry?


36 posted on 09/19/2026 1:20:30 PM PDT by duckbutt (I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery - T. Jefferson)
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To: duckbutt

PING!


37 posted on 09/19/2026 4:34:01 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (You can vote totalitarians in but you can never vote them out...)
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To: Tom Tetroxide

Wife’s neice is named Miranda..........


38 posted on 09/19/2026 4:49:14 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Tom Tetroxide

Wife’s neice is named Miranda..........


39 posted on 09/19/2026 4:49:15 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Clay Moore

😁


40 posted on 09/19/2026 7:37:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills and jihadists anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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