Giant Methane Storms On Uranus

IFLScience.com ^ | 10MAR2015 | Helen Maynard-Casely

[Freestate316]

My wife swears that water can do it for me.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I bet the Uranians hate being the butt of every joke!

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Giant Methane Smell From Uranus

[Buckeye McFrog]

Back in 1985 the old Pittsburgh Press ran this headline on a Saturday.

“Release of Seamen Expected”.

It may have just lost it’s title as funniest headline ever!

[Red Badger]

You posted this just for the title, didn’t you?......Admit it....................GOOD JOB!...............Sorry I didn’t find it first!.................

[Red Badger]

In astronomy, the degrees are measured between the planet’s rotational axis and its orbital axis, or, equivalently, the angle between its equatorial plane and orbital plane. It differs from orbital inclination.
Called axial tilt, also known as obliquity............

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks. But still, it seems that all tilt should be <90 degrees. What's the point of going beyond 90 degrees? Is there some sort of "right hand rule" at work here that accounts for both rotational spin and orbital direction that leads to the tilt being >90 degrees?

[Red Badger]

Is there some sort of "right hand rule" at work here that accounts for both rotational spin and orbital direction that leads to the tilt being >90 degrees?

Yes, you are exactly right........... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_tilt

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks. Wow, dredging up ancient education there on magnetism and current. Haven’t thought about the right hand rule in probably 45 years.

[Red Badger]

Me either..................

[RichInOC]

There’s something out there...and it’s farting.

[csmusaret]

On or out of?

[Jack Hydrazine]

I want to believe!

[Jack Hydrazine]

How’d ya know?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

No. It actually has a brown eye. Could be black;

http://www.space.com/3046-uranus-dark-spot.html

Earth to Uranus: “Hands up. Don’t poot.”

[Jack Hydrazine]

Right at 19.5 degrees just like Jupiter and Neptune!