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It’s Time to Go Back to Uranus. What Questions do Scientists Have About the Ice Giants?
Universe Today ^
| JANUARY 23, 2024
| BY MARK THOMPSON
Posted on 01/25/2024 8:33:59 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: telescope115
"The whole “90deg axis tilt” is weird."
There is a new theory (part of Grand Tack) that Uranus and Neptune switched places at some early time, and in doing so possibly passed close to one another. That may be what caused Uranus to flip on its axis, and why the moons of both have such convoluted surfaces including melting and tidal deformations.
To: PIF
And we have found so infinitesimally small a sample as to be insignificant.
Our sensors are not yet capable of detecting an earth size planet around a Sol sized Class-M star at the distance of Earth from the Sun.
At present, we can only detect planets whose orbits are close to the star and revolve in days not months. Until we can monitor a star for an entire Earth year and see the transitions as it crosses in from to its host star will we be able to say we are unique or not....................
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posted on
01/25/2024 10:39:41 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: telescope115
I’ll be 64. Took about 15 years for New Horizons to get to Pluto. We did at least get to see a “planet” that has never been seen before, so thats something.
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posted on
01/25/2024 10:54:31 AM PST
by
BigFreakinToad
(Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
To: Telepathic Intruder
That’s an interesting theory. For sure, SOMETHING major happened…
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posted on
01/25/2024 10:55:52 AM PST
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: BigFreakinToad
Yeah, it was pretty exciting to see. Well, we do have SpaceX’s Starship, Artemis going to the Moon (hopefully), some pretty exciting things going on.
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posted on
01/25/2024 10:59:27 AM PST
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: All
Little known astronomical fact:
Solar system contains many asteroids, some of which became satellites of Uranus. They are now known as hemmorhoids.
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posted on
01/25/2024 11:04:58 AM PST
by
Peter ODonnell
(Prayers up for Jim Robinson and family ... an island of sanity in a sea of madness. )
To: telescope115
I hope to see Artemis get to the moon. SpaceX and Starship one.....I have my doubts.
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posted on
01/25/2024 11:12:46 AM PST
by
BigFreakinToad
(Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
To: Red Badger
Perhaps Jupiter and to a lesser degree Saturn have picked up a lot more “contaminants” from the Asteroid Belt? Plus more effect(s) from the Sun to keep things active??
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posted on
01/25/2024 11:24:53 AM PST
by
Paul R.
(Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
To: cgbg
Either that or the LGBTQOLHS:FCANOIFEHWEIURBVWRVB+ lobby will pitch a fit
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posted on
01/25/2024 11:32:38 AM PST
by
Eccl 10:2
(Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
To: Red Badger
You can’t tell me that they don’t write these headlines on purpose. “Back to Uranus”? Come on.
To: DouglasKC
Astronomers have a lot of time on their hands....................
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posted on
01/25/2024 11:35:45 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Okay, I’ll do it: The democrats have been going for decades, and have found permanent residence.
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posted on
01/25/2024 11:46:25 AM PST
by
DPMD
(ua)
To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
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posted on
01/26/2024 10:27:37 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: Red Badger
I suspect that most of the color people attribute to all these planets is in fact false color added by NASA for its own reasons.
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posted on
01/26/2024 10:41:55 AM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: Telepathic Intruder
Thank you for clearing that up. It’s been bothering me for ages.
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posted on
01/27/2024 2:26:58 PM PST
by
Silentgypsy
(In my defense, I was left unsupervised.)
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