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In a Rare View, Rings on Uranus Show Their Changes
NY Times ^
| August 28, 2007
| HENRY FOUNTAIN
Posted on 08/28/2007 11:56:28 PM PDT by neverdem
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Science
Images of Uranus and its rings show the difference in viewing angles.
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posted on
08/28/2007 11:56:30 PM PDT
by
neverdem
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
08/28/2007 11:58:46 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Call talk radio. We need a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. Let's Roll!)
To: neverdem
My goodness, someone could have thought of a better title for this report... In a rare view, rings on Uranus show their changes, but I'm having trouble thinking one up.
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posted on
08/29/2007 1:09:49 AM PDT
by
InShanghai
(I was born on the crest of a wave, and rocked in the cradle of the deep.)
To: neverdem
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posted on
08/29/2007 1:10:46 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Visit this thread 1-hour from now. In that time, an average of 416.6 more ILLEGALS will be in the US)
To: neverdem
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posted on
08/29/2007 1:26:44 AM PDT
by
Global2010
( Not to Late to Pray for comfort at this moment.....)
To: neverdem
A finite number of jokes will be appearing on this thread very soon.
To: neverdem
Man...the urge is unbelievable, but.........I’ll resist :)
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posted on
08/29/2007 1:32:09 AM PDT
by
jedward
(Trust then Verify. Now you're ready to consider whether it's true or not.)
To: johnthebaptistmoore
My first thought too (lol)
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posted on
08/29/2007 1:32:41 AM PDT
by
jedward
(Trust then Verify. Now you're ready to consider whether it's true or not.)
Yeah, it's too easy, but I'll go first..
Why the view is so rare..
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posted on
08/29/2007 2:07:10 AM PDT
by
D-fendr
To: InShanghai
Well, I don’t know nuttin’ ‘bout no rings ... but I know skid marks.
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posted on
08/29/2007 2:45:13 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: neverdem
It could be that the outer ring, while very bright, is very thin, and thus less visible, when viewed edge-on.
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posted on
08/29/2007 2:50:27 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Izzy Dunne
Try dots where the hair used to be!!!
To: neverdem
Sometimes I wish they would change the name of this planet, just to avoid these fourth grade threads.
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posted on
08/29/2007 4:09:58 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Izzy Dunne
It could be that the outer ring, while very bright, is very thin, and thus less visible, when viewed edge-on. Or that the particles that form it are aligned in some way.
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posted on
08/29/2007 5:06:48 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(I wasn't able to vote against Hitler, but I can vote NO on Hillary!)
To: jedward
I won’t.... how do you make rings on Uranus
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posted on
08/29/2007 5:09:11 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Hillary's color is yellow.....how appropriate)
To: Steely Tom
Yeah, I totally don't understand that alignment stuff. I read that if you made a scale model of Saturn's rings, if it was as thick as a CD, it would have to be four miles in diameter. That's how strict the alignment is.
For what you suggest to be true, they would have to be quite thin in one dimension, and aligned with the planet in that dimension. I don't suggest that that is impossible, but I have no concept of how the physics could make it so.
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08/29/2007 6:00:42 AM PDT
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Izzy Dunne
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To: johnthebaptistmoore
"A finite number of jokes will be appearing on this thread very soon." True. The infantile are always with us...
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posted on
08/29/2007 7:31:42 AM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
To: neverdem
A dumb question here - are those false color photographs or is that the actual color of Uranus?
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posted on
08/29/2007 7:36:27 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Ron Paul put the cuckoo in my Cocoa Puffs)
To: All
There may be rings on Uranus. But speak for yourself.
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posted on
08/29/2007 8:38:01 AM PDT
by
DPMD
(dpmd)
To: reagan_fanatic
A dumb question here - are those false color photographs or is that the actual color of Uranus?I don't know.
Unless someone is a failure at reading comprehension, there are no dumb questions, IMHO.
Here's the statement from Keck: "Using the near infrared camera (NIRC2) and adaptive optics on the Keck II telescope on May 28, the team took striking images of the nearly edge-on ring appearing as a bright line bisecting a dim Uranus, which appears dark in the infrared."
SCIENTISTS STUDY CHANGES IN PLANET’S RINGS
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posted on
08/29/2007 10:18:24 AM PDT
by
neverdem
(Call talk radio. We need a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. Let's Roll!)
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