Enigma of Uranus solved at last

Yahoo! News ^ | 3/10/04 | AFP - Paris

[NormsRevenge]

This NASA (news - web sites) Hubble Space Telescope (news - web sites) Advanced Camera for Surveys image of Uranus reveals the planet's faint rings and several of its satellites.(AFP/NASA)

[Bismarck]

He said uranus... hu-huh-hu-huh

[farmfriend]

ping

[Prime Choice]

Very interesting article. Good find. Thanks!

[ambrose]

Wow. Uranus is a lot bigger than I had originally imagined.

[staytrue]

For me the enigma of Uranus is that it rotates at 90 degrees unlike the earth at 23 degrees and most other planets.

If you believe in the acreation mode of planet formation and conservation of angular momentum, the 90 degree tilt makes no sense.

[Richard Kimball]

It's time for me to call it a night. Very interesting article, but I'm betting on about a 70% smart-*ssed response, and at least three references to Captain Kirk and toilet paper. I'll check back in the morning.

BTW, I didn't know there were rings around Uranus.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Hmmm... too easy. Turns outs, Uranus is a black hole.

[ikka]

(Professor Farnsworth has just invented the Smelloscope.)

Farnsworth: You’ll find that every heavenly body has its own particular scent.
Fry: As long as you don’t make me smell ‘Uranus’! Ha! Ha!
Farnsworth: I’m sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed ‘Uranus’ in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all.
Fry: Oh. What’s it called now?
Farnsworth: Urectum.

[mcg1969]

Q: Why is toilet paper like Star Trek?
A: Because both search for Klingons circling Uranus.

[mcg1969]

You're welcome. :)

[Indie]

Hubble is Unbelievable!! Looks like a "flyby" photo!

[Aracelis]

"Planet that shall remain nameless" ping...

[Bullish]

[Recovering_Democrat]

Isn't Uranus big and gassy?

[PatrickHenry]

Mandadory Uranus PING. [This ping list is for the evolution side of evolution threads, and sometimes for other science topics. FReepmail me to be added or dropped.]

[Junior]

Unless it was hit by something REALLY BIG at one time...

[reg45]

Hard evidence to back it will only come from a probe to Uranus

Federal legislation to fund the probe was sponsored by Congressman Bawney Fag (D-MA).

[grb]

ping

[VadeRetro]

Solved at last? I'd say Uranus remains a far-away mystery and I like it that way.