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Uranus will be visible to everyone in the UK tonight
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| October 26, 2018
| Jeff Parsons
Posted on 10/26/2018 1:13:30 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: loucon
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No, its a Latin thing!
(if it were Greek, it would be Uranos)
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posted on
10/26/2018 1:56:26 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: KarlInOhio
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>> “But we must trust the press whenever they report on science.” <<
When do they do that?
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posted on
10/26/2018 1:57:54 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: EdnaMode
You’ll be able to see it tomorrow also. It’s a two-parter.
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posted on
10/26/2018 1:58:51 PM PDT
by
o-n-money
(We should rename California to Newer Mexico.)
To: gov_bean_ counter
Now that right there is funny!
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posted on
10/26/2018 1:59:07 PM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Deplorable me!)
To: Verginius Rufus
The name isn’t Herschel’s fault. He wanted to call the planet Georgium Sidus in honor of King George III.
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That would have been even weirder. All the planets would be named for Roman gods, and then theres the planet George.
To: EdnaMode
I am amazed that this thread has not been shut down already. Any story about Uranus should get an automatic ban. The poor planet gets no respect.
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posted on
10/26/2018 2:03:15 PM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
(When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
To: EdnaMode
UK eh?
They say the Queens been on the throne for over 60 years. She must have a huge one.
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posted on
10/26/2018 2:04:55 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
To: editor-surveyor
No, its a Latin thing!
Mercury, Mars, Venus, Saturn, Neptune and Jupiter were named after Roman Gods. Uranus was named after a Greek God. Pluto was named after a Disney character. Go figure.
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posted on
10/26/2018 2:11:15 PM PDT
by
loucon
To: EdnaMode
The Deep State Three
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"Ok, we admit it - he's our anus."
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To: EdnaMode
(sigh) This is THE topic where the jokes just write themselves.
There is absolutely no way to pronounce “Uranus” without provoking a Beavis & Butthead response.
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posted on
10/26/2018 2:42:15 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
To: Izzy Dunne
It is a nice, descriptive name from antiquity: Uranus is named for the god of Heaven, husband of Gaia, the Earth. Etymology: From Latin Uranus, from Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós), from οὐρανός (ouranós, sky, heaven). Ignore the simpletons and their high school humor about Uranus.
To: EdnaMode
My wife is the only one that sees THAT!
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posted on
10/26/2018 2:45:00 PM PDT
by
Spacetrucker
(George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
To: EdnaMode
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posted on
10/26/2018 3:00:54 PM PDT
by
dynoman
(Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
To: nikos1121
Friday night or Saturday morning? You must have either a really good or really bad health plan.
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posted on
10/26/2018 3:10:17 PM PDT
by
posterchild
(anti-science: thinking a fetus is distinct from a tumor and sex is determined by chromosomes)
To: Izzy Dunne
Yeah, I wondered what the ‘journalist’ thinks an axis is.
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posted on
10/26/2018 3:11:31 PM PDT
by
posterchild
(anti-science: thinking a fetus is distinct from a tumor and sex is determined by chromosomes)
To: EdnaMode
Maybe if I bend over facing west...
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posted on
10/26/2018 3:39:31 PM PDT
by
steve8714
("My name is Rod Blagojevich and I need cash now!" (all) "Call JB Pritzker, 87DirtyCashNOW!")
To: posterchild
All this preoccupation with Uranus is due to the dust off of Uranus. Our planet is inundated with this dust. Please vacuum the dust off it. It may save the world. Oh, and grow up. Uranus is important, a little respect here. You clean yours and Ill clean mine. A great safe weekend to all.
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posted on
10/26/2018 3:42:34 PM PDT
by
Equine1952
(Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought.)
To: EdnaMode
The writer has a rather juvenile sense of humor. From each paragraph:
“If youve ever wanted to get a really good look at Uranus”
“close to Pisces”
“naked eye”
“Itll rise”
“Uranus has a few strange quirks”
“wrap up”
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posted on
10/26/2018 3:46:44 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: EdnaMode
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posted on
10/26/2018 4:00:09 PM PDT
by
fso301
To: C19fan
Or maybe he thought that the word “your” was spelled as “Ur”
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posted on
10/26/2018 4:01:34 PM PDT
by
Stayfree
(Liberalism is a mental disease caused by stupidity and elitism!!)
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