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Voyager celebrates 25 years since Uranus visit
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Posted on 01/24/2011 12:35:39 PM PST by fishtank
(PhysOrg.com) -- As NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made the only close approach to date of our mysterious seventh planet Uranus 25 years ago, Project Scientist Ed Stone and the Voyager team gathered at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., to pore over the data coming in.
Images of the small, icy Uranus moon Miranda were particularly surprising. Since small moons tend to cool and freeze over rapidly after their formation, scientists had expected a boring, ancient surface, pockmarked by crater-upon-weathered-crater. Instead they saw grooved terrain with linear valleys and ridges cutting through the older terrain and sometimes coming together in chevron shapes. They also saw dramatic fault scarps, or cliffs. All of this indicated that periods of tectonic and thermal activity had rocked Miranda's surface in the past.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: miranda; uranus; voyager; xplanets
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To: fishtank
I agree with Dr Farnsworth’s idea...in order to avoid the obvious joke, rename the planet “Urrectum”
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posted on
01/24/2011 12:54:31 PM PST
by
JRios1968
(This is me, in a nutshell: "Let me out of here...I'm trapped in a nutshell!!!!")
To: fishtank
Voyager 'celebrates'Must be a lonely celebration.
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posted on
01/24/2011 12:55:22 PM PST
by
GunRunner
(10 Years of Freeping...)
To: fishtank
If this planet were gay all it’s troubles would be behind it...
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posted on
01/24/2011 12:59:09 PM PST
by
Snardius
To: JRios1968
Hubert J. Farnsworth - now there’s a man you can trust with Uranus.
To: MrB
Grapic demonstrating Uranus spinning sideways
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posted on
01/24/2011 1:00:09 PM PST
by
Waverunner
(I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
To: massmike
I remember that movie from when I was a kid. Messed me up good.
![](http://img.listal.com/image/2792/600full-journey-to-the-seventh-planet-poster.jpg)
![](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2743/4175015880_cea9ebed9e_m.jpg)
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
01/24/2011 1:04:25 PM PST
by
The Comedian
("Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" - B. Goldwater)
To: The Comedian
So that’s what did it....
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posted on
01/24/2011 1:07:05 PM PST
by
wxgesr
(I want to be the first person to surf on another planet.)
To: MrB
“Did you know that Uranus spins sideways?”
You mean its axis of rotation is oriented parallel (more or less) to the ecliptic, not perpendicular (more or less) like earth’s?
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posted on
01/24/2011 1:07:15 PM PST
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: fishtank
It’s been a whole lot longer than 25 years since anything visited myanus. Maybe that suppository I got back in 1961.
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posted on
01/24/2011 1:07:44 PM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR EAGLE! HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: swain_forkbeard
Exactly.
But, admit it, you can’t say “uranus spins sideways” without grinning.
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posted on
01/24/2011 1:09:20 PM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
To: fishtank
Elton John and Barney Frank has been closer to Uranus than anybody.
To: fishtank
25 years and still no flowers.
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posted on
01/24/2011 1:16:30 PM PST
by
Oratam
since this is a uranus thread...has anyone seen “The Human Centipede”????
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posted on
01/24/2011 1:17:34 PM PST
by
razbinn
(I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,and to the republic for which it ...)
To: fishtank
"In other news, Rahm Emmanuel is still off the ballot in Chicago" Actually this news may be related to Rahm E. The statement in the title of this article may be addressed to him:
Voyeur celebrates 25 years since Uranus visit
Just a mispelling in the title...
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posted on
01/24/2011 1:19:44 PM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
To: massmike
I suppose “Journey To Uranus” could really confuse a lot of people, and sound very gross if pronounced a certain way...
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posted on
01/24/2011 1:26:10 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: Secret Agent Man
There’s another way to pronounce it?
By the way, I think I saw that movie title when I wondered into the wrong section of the video rental store one day.
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posted on
01/24/2011 1:27:29 PM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
To: 2nd Amendment
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posted on
01/24/2011 1:33:44 PM PST
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: MrB
Trudat.
I can’t wait until we begin discussing the mountains of Venus.
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posted on
01/24/2011 1:36:54 PM PST
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: fishtank
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posted on
01/24/2011 1:41:57 PM PST
by
Bean Counter
(Stout Hearts...)
To: fishtank
Fascinating photo! I've never seen a square (90˚) corner like that in planetary striations. There are irregular ruts that look like the trails made by rolling balls. Fascinating and sharp picture.
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posted on
01/24/2011 2:03:48 PM PST
by
RoadTest
(Organized religion is no substitute for the relationship the living God wants with you.)
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