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UC Berkeley scientists report new rings found around Uranus (a blue ring and a red ring)
AP on Bakersfield Californian ^
| 4/6/06
| AP
Posted on 04/06/2006 12:47:03 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Two outer rings, one red the other blue, have been observed around the distant planet Uranus.
While Uranus had been known to have inner rings of neutral color, the newly discovered outer rings show color contrasts that researchers think are caused by light reflected off particles that differ in size from one ring to the other.
And the outermost ring is only the second blue ring to have been observed, a team led by Imke de Pater of the University of California, Berkeley, reports in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
Also blue is Saturn's outermost ring, the researchers said. And they noted that both of the known blue rings have a moon embedded within them, while the red rings do not.
They speculated that the moons swept up larger pieces of debris, leaving only dust and tiny items that reflected more blue light than the red ring which could have larger pieces of debris.
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astronomy; berkeley; bluering; hubble; moonsofuranus; newrings; redring; report; ringarounduranus; scientists; uranus
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To: NormsRevenge
meanwhile Capt. Kirk searches for Klingons......
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posted on
04/06/2006 1:00:07 PM PDT
by
isom35
To: NormsRevenge
Fascinating . . . has anyone told Zulu?
42
posted on
04/06/2006 1:01:04 PM PDT
by
w_over_w
(The more things change the more they stay the same.)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
How did I know you'd already be here?
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posted on
04/06/2006 1:01:27 PM PDT
by
secret garden
(Dubiety reigns here)
To: Riley
I'm going to have to start a grassroots effort to get this poor, abused planet re-named. While it hasn't yet been renamed, I've noticed that its pronunciation has changed over the years. I recall it was always pronounced as your-AIN-us. Now everybody seems to pronounce it YOUR-en-us.
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posted on
04/06/2006 1:03:29 PM PDT
by
Bob
To: NormsRevenge
The same scientists report sighting the Emperor of Uranus
45
posted on
04/06/2006 1:03:39 PM PDT
by
Free ThinkerNY
((((Truth to a Liberal, is like a crucifix to a vampire))))
To: JoeSixPack1
46
posted on
04/06/2006 1:04:57 PM PDT
by
fireforeffect
(A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
To: Bob
While it hasn't yet been renamed, I've noticed that its pronunciation has changed over the years. I recall it was always pronounced as your-AIN-us. Now everybody seems to pronounce it YOUR-en-us. My ear always hears it as 'urinous'. Poor thing just can't catch a break. :-(
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posted on
04/06/2006 1:05:53 PM PDT
by
Riley
("What color is the boathouse at Hereford?")
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
04/06/2006 1:06:06 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Have you hugged an illegal alien today?)
To: Desdemona
Hey, check it out! You're a moon!
Unfortunate choice of plantes, though ...
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posted on
04/06/2006 1:07:38 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: NormsRevenge
Seymour Butts, Interplanetary Proctologist, at your service:
"Now, what was this about a blue and a red ring around Uranus? Just hop up on the table here, and put your feet in these stirrups and I'll have a look."
"You're going to feel a little discomfort, so just relax."
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posted on
04/06/2006 1:08:59 PM PDT
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: NormsRevenge
..those damn new M&M colors
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posted on
04/06/2006 1:11:12 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF ...7th AF...408MMS..Ubon ,Thailand..."69"..Night Line Delivery ..AMMO!!)
To: ArrogantBustard
You're not really a veteran FReeper until you've been served with at least one suspension, and survived it!
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posted on
04/06/2006 1:11:20 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Since all politicians understand is money, I donate ONLY to those who oppose illegal immigration)
To: Paleo Conservative
Where no man has gone before?
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posted on
04/06/2006 1:11:32 PM PDT
by
Lekker 1
("Computers in the future may have only 1000 vacuum tubes..." - Popular Mechanics, March 1949)
To: Bob
Either way the double entendre is inescapable... the new pronunciation is no improvement. That poor planet!
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posted on
04/06/2006 1:12:45 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Since all politicians understand is money, I donate ONLY to those who oppose illegal immigration)
To: All
They got a cream for that.
To: NormsRevenge
Two outer rings, one red the other blue, have been observed around. . .Uranus. This is Congress' fault totally!! LOL
To: NormsRevenge
last weeks south park was about San Fransisco being sucked up into a large Uranus wasn't it?
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posted on
04/06/2006 1:15:08 PM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric cartman voice* “I love you guys”)
To: NormsRevenge
UC Berkeley professors found them. Figures. They must have had to look pretty close to find them, since nobody else found them before now. I guess nobody was looking.
Okay, that is all I can say without being overt.
Some threads just write themselves.
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posted on
04/06/2006 1:17:13 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
To: NormsRevenge
So, exactly how many rings are around Uranus???
And, exactly how big is Uranaus?
(sorry, couldn't resist...)
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posted on
04/06/2006 1:17:42 PM PDT
by
BreitbartSentMe
(Ex-Dem since 2001 *Folding@Home for the Gipper - Join the FReeper Folders*)
To: MineralMan
Well at least their rings not piercings.
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posted on
04/06/2006 1:31:58 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
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