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To: Red Badger

Puns aside for once, Uranus and Neptune are both fascinating “ice giants” about which little is yet understood. Both bear signs of some disturbance to the solar system that likely produced the Late Heavy Bombardment era which left so many craters on the planets in the inner solar system, and possibly gave earth its oceans. Whatever happened tilted Uranus on its side and left Neptune with a giant moon in a retrograde orbit.


9 posted on 01/25/2024 8:42:05 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Telepathic Intruder

At this point, I am sure that if some scientist proposes a
“study of global warming impact, on Uranus”...

they will instantly get funded..


11 posted on 01/25/2024 8:45:02 AM PST by uranium penguin
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To: Telepathic Intruder

My question is: Why are they both a relatively uniform blue, while Saturn and Jupiter are multicolored and banded?..................


16 posted on 01/25/2024 8:50:11 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

I would welcome another probe to the planet. It would be worth it to study it in depth. The whole “90deg axis tilt” is weird.


37 posted on 01/25/2024 10:25:11 AM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Thank you for clearing that up. It’s been bothering me for ages.


55 posted on 01/27/2024 2:26:58 PM PST by Silentgypsy (In my defense, I was left unsupervised.)
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