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Hubble spots Uranus' moons, rings
Baltimore Sun via San Francisco Chronicle ^
| December 23, 2005
| Frank D. Roylance
Posted on 12/24/2005 7:02:26 PM PST by neverdem
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The Second Ring-Moon System of Uranus: Discovery and DynamicsDeep exposures of Uranus taken with the Hubble Space Telescope reveal two small moons and two faint rings. All orbit outside of Uranus's previously known (main) ring system, but interior to the large, classical moons. The outer new moon, U XXVI Mab, orbits at roughly twice the radius of the main rings and shares its orbit with a dust ring. The second moon, U XXVII Cupid, orbits just interior to the satellite Belinda. A second ring falls between the orbits of Portia and Rosalind, in a region with no known source bodies. Collectively, these constitute a densely packed, rapidly varying, and possibly unstable dynamical system.
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posted on
12/24/2005 7:02:26 PM PST
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
We needed a good "rings around Uranus" thread for those of us who are alone on Christmas Eve! :)
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posted on
12/24/2005 7:05:14 PM PST
by
Darkwolf377
(Warning: Adult language, but great Christmas message: http://foamy.libertech.net/noxmas.swf)
To: neverdem
I hate it when Uranus moons....
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posted on
12/24/2005 7:06:39 PM PST
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~~~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~~~)
To: Darkwolf377
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posted on
12/24/2005 7:06:49 PM PST
by
HoHoeHeaux
("Bayou Farewell")
To: HoHoeHeaux
Astonomy threads are always great, especially with pics. I have a scifi mindset--I read and write it--and those threads always make me happy after five threads about the dems or New York Times. The planets will be here long after every copy of the Times is dust.
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posted on
12/24/2005 7:09:11 PM PST
by
Darkwolf377
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To: Darkwolf377
You don't wash it. You just wash around it, right?
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posted on
12/24/2005 7:10:19 PM PST
by
JoJo Gunn
(Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
To: JoJo Gunn
With a towel the size of Mars and lots of soap and hot water.
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posted on
12/24/2005 7:11:13 PM PST
by
Darkwolf377
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To: Darkwolf377
We needed a good "rings around Uranus" thread for those of us who are alone on Christmas Eve! :) Before we examine the rings around Uranus, you really need to do something about those Klingons.
FWIW I'm not alone....five kids, wife and ...ahem... mother-in-law
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posted on
12/24/2005 7:12:14 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
To: Darkwolf377
The rings are descibed as 'faint' which means Uranus gets washed regularily.
To: neverdem
I always thought it was an unfortunate name for a planet.
To: ElkGroveDan
and ...ahem... mother-in-lawNo wonder you're on here now... ;)
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12/24/2005 7:14:13 PM PST
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Darkwolf377
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To: Darkwolf377
All I can think of is that guy on Ghostbusters, choking on that smoke. "That's a big Twinkie".
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posted on
12/24/2005 7:14:15 PM PST
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JoJo Gunn
(Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
To: beaver fever
Faint? Darned flouridated water...
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posted on
12/24/2005 7:14:57 PM PST
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Darkwolf377
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To: JoJo Gunn
All I can think of is how Uranus threads have the magical ability to turn adults into children. :)
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12/24/2005 7:16:01 PM PST
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Darkwolf377
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To: neverdem
.
It's interesting how a report published in a recent Amrican Media, Inc publication stated that the Planet Uranus' now closer proximity to us, relatively speaking, is what's putting unusual gravitational pressure on Earth's geological plates =
Tsunami-causing Earthquakes..?
.
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posted on
12/24/2005 7:16:21 PM PST
by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
To: Darkwolf377
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posted on
12/24/2005 7:17:16 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
To: neverdem
Hubble better not be looking at my.....
Oh never mind...
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posted on
12/24/2005 7:17:43 PM PST
by
nevergore
(“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
To: ALOHA RONNIE
That's all junk science. Uranus has an insignificant effect on the Earth. Jupiter has far more, it's closer and 50 times as massive, and even that effect is minimal.
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posted on
12/24/2005 7:19:08 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
To: Darkwolf377
I just love playing Trivial Pursuit and get a planet question. My sister and I will say "Uranas" no matter the answer. It's just a fun word to say. And yes it does make me childish.
What color is Uranas? etc....
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posted on
12/24/2005 7:21:34 PM PST
by
HoHoeHeaux
("Bayou Farewell")
To: samtheman
It's fixed in the future: 2620 - Uranus is renamed Urectum. /Futurama
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