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TINY MOONS DISCOVERED AT URANUS
Space News, page 10 ^
| October 20, 200e
Posted on 10/21/2003 3:48:24 PM PDT by boris
TINY MOONS DISCOVERED AT URANUS
Astronomers using NASAs Hubble Space Telescope discovered two of the smallest moons yet found orbiting Uranus, NASA announced.
The two moons, each about 12 to 16 kilometers in diameter, are so faint they were not detected by the Voyager 2 spacecraft, which discovered 10 small moons when it flew by Uranus in 1986. Uranus now has 24 known moons.
Astronomers hope to learn more about the orbits of the moons and their interaction with other Uranus moons with further Hubble observations. They also want to understand what role the newly discovered moons may play in the gravitational forces that keep the rings around Uranus in place.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astronomy; hubble; moons; moonsofuranus; ringarounduranus; uranus
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No jokes please ;)
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:48:25 PM PDT
by
boris
To: boris
Awww....
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:49:06 PM PDT
by
MonroeDNA
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To: boris
No jokes please ;) Aw, dang.
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:49:26 PM PDT
by
Liberal Classic
(No better friend, no worse enemy.)
To: boris
The moon around MY an... well... you get the picture...
To: boris
Thats what TP is for.......
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:50:20 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
( "Lawrence", Lawrence of Arabia , He's an English Guy ..,He Came To Fight The Turkish....Macys DayP)
To: boris
Well, I DID have to take my husband to have a colonoscopy today. How coincidental to stumble across this story.
To: boris
I don't know how much longer I can hold back....
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:50:39 PM PDT
by
Serb5150
To: boris
About the size of the moons of Mars. Not big, but big enough for a manned base some day.
8
posted on
10/21/2003 3:50:46 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: boris
Hey, I've been doing roofing. Don't give me that "no jokes please" stuff... my neighbors would like to have a word with you (when they get off the phone with the sheriff).
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:51:08 PM PDT
by
glock rocks
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To: boris
They've discovered Klingons!
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:52:18 PM PDT
by
aomagrat
(IYAOYAS)
To: boris
so what's the current moon count for the planets? Back when I was a kid, Jupiter only had nine, and uranus had two, I think.
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:52:19 PM PDT
by
fqued
(The mainstream media wouldn't over-rate anyone, would they?)
To: boris
NASA has a hell of a nerve pointing that thing at my....
Oh all right. =:^(
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:52:19 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.)
To: boris
"No jokes please ;)"
No crusty pantsuit comments, either. I promise.
To: boris
"TINY MOONS DISCOVERED AT URANUS"
Dingleberries???
Sorry.
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:53:16 PM PDT
by
At _War_With_Liberals
(Hillary's book tour was a thermometer in the behinds of the Dim sheeple for a 2004 run.)
To: boris
Those are hemmeroids ...
(Jus' 'cuz you ask for no jokes doesn't mean we'll actually comply, Boris.)
{8^)
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:55:31 PM PDT
by
knarf
(A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
To: At _War_With_Liberals
We were just discussing your post at the bar tonight.
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:56:54 PM PDT
by
AGreatPer
(Current odds on Hillary running in 04.........2-1.)
To: At _War_With_Liberals
God Bless Preperation H.
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:58:18 PM PDT
by
AGreatPer
(Current odds on Hillary running in 04.........8-1.)
To: boris
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:59:37 PM PDT
by
South40
(My vote helped defeat bustamante. Did yours?)
To: boris
They're Clingons!
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posted on
10/21/2003 4:01:29 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
To: boris
Looks painful....
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posted on
10/21/2003 4:01:36 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
(Well...there you go again.)
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