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NASA asks for help studying Uranus and Neptune as it prepares to capture new images
ABC News ^
| August 18, 2023
| Mary Kekatos
Posted on 08/18/2023 2:29:09 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
NASA is asking amateur astronomers to help the agency study the ice giants Uranus and Neptune. Next month, NASA will be observing the two planets via its New Horizons spacecraft, originally designed to explore Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, a disc of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune and often a source of comets. Working with the Hubble Space Telescope, New Horizons plans to capture images of Uranus and Neptune in color. Because the spacecraft has passed the orbit of both planets, the images will be taken from "behind," which should provide some data regarding the atmosphere on both planets.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Humor; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; caelus; uranus; uranusjokes
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OK, I posted this for the sophomoric humor that I know will follow.
To: crusty old prospector
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posted on
08/18/2023 2:30:51 PM PDT
by
The Iceman Cometh
(Casey DeSantis? No thanks. I've already voted for too many Bushes.)
To: crusty old prospector
After they studied Uranus, they didn’t find shit.
To: The Iceman Cometh
It will be hard to beat this one, but somebody around here will probably find a way to do it.
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posted on
08/18/2023 2:32:04 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
( )
To: crusty old prospector
I’m here for the sophomoric humor and I’m not disappointed.
To: crusty old prospector
To: ImJustAnotherOkie; The Iceman Cometh
That’s what I am talking about. The kind of humor that FreeRepublic can be proud of.
To: crusty old prospector
NASA asks for help studying Uranus First space and now proctology?
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posted on
08/18/2023 2:33:39 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
To: crusty old prospector
NASA can study its own body parts.
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posted on
08/18/2023 2:34:09 PM PDT
by
cgbg
(Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
To: crusty old prospector
maybe Pete Buttigieg can help them, certainly he is qualified
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posted on
08/18/2023 2:35:51 PM PDT
by
algore
To: algore
I bet he knows his way around Uranus.
To: llevrok
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posted on
08/18/2023 2:37:37 PM PDT
by
Romulus
To: algore
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posted on
08/18/2023 2:54:13 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
( )
To: crusty old prospector
Neptune, OK, but that’s IT!
To: crusty old prospector
Because the spacecraft has passed the orbit of both planets, the images will be taken from "behind," Neptune from behind? I don't get it.
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posted on
08/18/2023 3:15:36 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Democrats' version of MAGA: Making America the Gulag Archipelago )
To: crusty old prospector
They’re not going to find out very much without some probing.
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posted on
08/18/2023 3:16:28 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
To: crusty old prospector
It won’t be NASA doing the study, it will be the IRS.
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posted on
08/18/2023 3:22:02 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: crusty old prospector
…And as soon as I saw the topic, I knew it was going to go there.
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posted on
08/18/2023 3:22:33 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: crusty old prospector
They should hire my GI doc…
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posted on
08/18/2023 3:24:21 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: crusty old prospector
Take a Look, It's In a Book
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posted on
08/18/2023 3:27:17 PM PDT
by
Bounced2X
(Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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