TINY MOONS DISCOVERED AT URANUS

Space News, page 10 ^ | October 20, 200e

[Bacon Man]

Anyone want to speculate on what that dark circle is at the bottom of Uranus?

Could be a mole.

[Verginius Rufus]

Actually I think Herschel's initial proposal was to call the newly-discovered planet Georgium Sidus. The Roman name Uranus is from the Greek Ouranos, which was pronounced with the accent on the last syllable (oo-ra-NOSS).

Mars' smaller moon, Deimos, would be slightly smaller than the newly-discovered moons of oo-ra-NOSS.

[Bacon Man]

TINY MOONS DISCOVERED AT URANUS

I thought you got that taken care of!

Dat's just for decoration man dats all it is. WooooooWooooooooo!!!

[Terriergal]

I always thought there were rings of dark material around Uranus?

[boris]

"I wasn't all that concerned during my colonoscopy. At least, not until the doctor commented on my tonsillectomy."

I once had a colonoscopy and a gastroscopy simultaneously. They inserted cameras at each end. My joke was that they'd end up in the middle, looking at each other.

--Boris

[Terriergal]

About the size of the moons of Mars. Not big, but big enough for a manned base some day.

YOW! That's pretty grandiose! Shop at the big and tall?

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[boris]

"Hasn't anyone tried to rename this planetary butt of jokes?"

Incidentally, there is a town or city in the U.S. named for every planet (including Earth)...except Uranus.

First, nobody wants to live in Uranus, and Second, nobody wants to ask directions: "Hey buddy, how do I get to Uranus?"

--Boris

[StriperSniper]

Hasn't anyone tried to rename this planetary butt of jokes?

How about New Jersey....Nah that would't work. ;-)

[PoorMuttly]

They're much bigger up close.

[mrfixit514]

Is that what they are? for a second I though my hemmoroids had come back!

[laker_dad]

Urectum?

What??? No one has posted... "Rectum? Damn near KILLED em!"

[Terriergal]

Any NASA spacecraft sent to collect a sample from Uranus should be named Charmin.

BWAAAAHAHAHA!

[ChadGore]

Isn't that Katies who who ?

[boris]

"Makes me hope for planet Harpo, or something like that."

I'm very fond of Minor Planet 5656.

There is a crater on the Moon named 'Heinlein' and one on Mars named 'Rhysling'. (Or maybe vice versa...)

--Boris

[Phsstpok]

Mars' smaller moon, Deimos, would be slightly smaller than the newly-discovered moons of oo-ra-NOSS.

Ever heard of the book or movie Collossus: The Forbin Project? Ever heard of the other two books in the trilogy: The Fall of Collossus and Collossus and the Crab? Phobos and Deimos aren't really moons, either! That's where my rather bizarre idea came from. No, I'm not serious about this :^>

I've always entertained in the back of my mind that some of the major plot elements (big picture stuff) from The Matrix was stolen from the Collussus trilogy. We'll see in a few weeks.

[ElkGroveDan]

Tiny moons? Couldn't they be classified as asteroids?

That reminds me....:-)

When ever my wife offers me one of her "Altoids" I say that it sounds like something pilots get from sitting too long.

[John Jorsett]

When ever my wife offers me one of her "Altoids" I say that it sounds like something pilots get from sitting too long.