New rings found around Uranus

[moribundman]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/04/06/rings.of.uranus.ap/index.html
They could have worded that more carefully.

It also seems two black holes are on collision course and bound to form one massive singularity:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/04/06/black.holes/index.html

 

[GROUCHO MARX]

There's a town in Connecticut called Mianus. Maybe we could combine this town with Uranus?

 

[MarkC]

More anal fixation? This is quite interesting, and a bit unnerving on an oil and lube site.

 

[JavaMan]

I've always found it difficult to discuss Uranus and having new rings around it will not make the task any easier.

 

[97f150]

quote:

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Originally posted by MarkC:
More anal fixation? This is quite interesting, and a bit unnerving on an oil and lube site.

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no kidding

 

[GROUCHO MARX]

"More anal fixation? This is quite interesting, and a bit unnerving on an oil and lube site"
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Don't let anyone around there without lubrication my friend!

 

[moribundman]

This thread has really, and not unexpectedly, gone

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[Matt_S]

More rings around Uranus? Better wipe.

 

[Pablo]

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Two outer rings, one red, the other blue, have been observed.....

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Green tea, and a macrobiotic cleansing diet will probably help. What the heck do people eat anymore?

 

[GROUCHO MARX]

High colonic.

You expected this Mori.

 

[moribundman]

I'm not here anymore.

 

[OriginHacker21]

Wow... Well, that was a most interesting read...

I'd recommend Earl Grey tea... Captain Picard drinks it so it has to be good!

 

[Papa Bear]

More rings means you're getting older..
P.B.

 

[Korean_redneck]

quote:

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Originally posted by Pablo:

quote:

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Two outer rings, one red, the other blue, have been observed.....

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Green tea, and a macrobiotic cleansing diet will probably help. What the heck do people eat anymore?

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[MarkC]

quote:

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Originally posted by OriginHacker21:
Wow... Well, that was a most interesting read...

I'd recommend Earl Grey tea... Captain Picard drinks it so it has to be good!

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"Number Two----I mean Number one: Engage."

 

[97tbird]

i thought the rings ofuranus were supposed to be concentric

not "around" it.

 

[LTVibe]

The good thing about this thread is it got me curious about how this planet got a name that has been joked about seemingly forever.

Blame this guy:

(Yea, looks like he's winking

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Johann Elert Bode

Being German, maybe the name "Uranus" didn't sound funny to him.

 

[moribundman]

Uranus sounds funny in German. "Ur" can mean, among other things, "genuine," while the second syllable has the same meaning as in English. Bode was either a jokester or a humorless scientist. Probably the latter -- you know how we Germans are.

 

[michaelc80]

It's really ashame that Uranus is the butt of so many jokes here.

At least we can't see moons with Uranus.

Due to the poisonous gases that exist, man can not survive anywhere near Uranus.

 

[MarkC]

I'm sure everybody knows this already, The planets are named for Roman versions of the Greek Gods. Uranus was the sky ***, son and also husband of Gaia. He had his naughty bits cut off by his son,Cronus or Saturn, who in turn was snuffed by his own son, Zeus, or Jupiter.
Class over for now.