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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
I've never had a post pulled, so I think I'll just keep my mouth shut...
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posted on
04/06/2006 12:48:01 PM PDT
by
oldleft
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
04/06/2006 12:48:15 PM PDT
by
uglybiker
(Don't blame me. I didn't make you stupid.)
To: NormsRevenge
UC Berkeley scientists report new rings found around Uranus (a blue ring and a red ring) Oh goodness no- please, let's not go there...
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posted on
04/06/2006 12:48:27 PM PDT
by
Riley
("What color is the boathouse at Hereford?")
To: NormsRevenge
To: NormsRevenge
To: NormsRevenge
Hmm, I.......MUST......RESIST.......THE.....TEMPTATION....TO.....SAY.....ANYTHING
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posted on
04/06/2006 12:49:23 PM PDT
by
MadeInAmerica
(- If ILLEGAL means Undocumented - Then Breaking and Entering means Wealth Redistribution)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
04/06/2006 12:49:25 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: NormsRevenge
Hmm, a blue ring around Uranus? Better have that looked at.
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posted on
04/06/2006 12:49:45 PM PDT
by
toddlintown
(Lennon takes six bullets to the chest, Yoko is standing right next to him and not one f'ing bullet?)
To: NormsRevenge
I can see it now... the local bay area news will say "Bush's fault... homosexuals hardest hit"
To: Paleo Conservative
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posted on
04/06/2006 12:49:52 PM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
To: Paleo Conservative
No, but they did give him a shot that cleared up the red ring.
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posted on
04/06/2006 12:49:57 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: nuconvert
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posted on
04/06/2006 12:50:04 PM PDT
by
calljack
(Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
To: NormsRevenge
yup, looks like they are..
The Second Ring-Moon System of Uranus: Discovery and Dynamics
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/311/5763/973
Originally published in Science Express on 22 December 2005
Science 17 February 2006:
Vol. 311. no. 5763, pp. 973 - 977
DOI: 10.1126/science.1122882
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posted on
04/06/2006 12:50:07 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Have you hugged an illegal alien today?)
To: LurkedLongEnough; All
And why and I not surprised this is from California.
To: NormsRevenge
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. Obviously doing something wrong...
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posted on
04/06/2006 12:50:28 PM PDT
by
pgyanke
(Christ has a tolerance for sinners; liberals have a tolerance for sin.)
To: NormsRevenge
Oh boy...
Try to resist the low hanging fruit folks.
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posted on
04/06/2006 12:50:32 PM PDT
by
VegasCowboy
("...he wore his gun outside his pants, for all the honest world to feel.")
To: NormsRevenge
I have been in trouble all my life,, so here it is....
"Hey,, I used mirrors and checked this morning, those rings are brown!"
Thank you, have a nice day.
To: oldleft; VRWCmember; sionnsar; Miss Behave; Gabz; xsmommy; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; theDentist; ...
In related news, the futures price of bulk toilet paper has suddenly skyrocketed........
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posted on
04/06/2006 12:51:09 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: NormsRevenge
Must have been quite a party...
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posted on
04/06/2006 12:52:29 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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