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New Moon for Uranus
Spudley writes "With a headline that is just begging for puns, the BBC has a story about a new moon that has been discovered around Uranus. I wonder if this one will turn out to be a old rocket engine too?"
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I sure hope there's no Klingons on that moon around Uranus.
"... it's a Space Station!"
Thank god Uranus has never been invaded!!!
Make the obvious joke about a turd or a dingleberrry revolving around uranus.
d'oh!
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Come to think about it, naming a planet uranus was probably not one of the brightest events.
I've been walking around the office today telling people...
I've heard their's something different about uranus?
So, did you near the news about uranus?
Ohh, the humanity! Somebody stop me.
If there is life on pluto then it's also possible that there is life on the outer planetary moons. If this was the case then the entire Uranian system could be teeming with life. Uranus might be surrounded by space mites waiting to penetrate it.
In the year 2869 Uranus has been renamed due to all the bad jokes about it. Now its Urectum.
According to the picture provided, this moon actually has its own set of rings. It's almost unbelievable!
Uranus has been known to experience enormous gas jets. Once every few days an enormous collection of methane, hydrogen gas, water, and other organic compounds escape its upper atmosphere and fly out toward outter space at incredible speeds. Some theorize that 5 billion years ago one of these gas jets made its way to the primative Earth and supplied our planet with all the gaseous resources one could desire.
This deserves to be on the Front Page. Count my vote in. FP!
I'm going to make the first post that is serious on this topic...
I think it's great that they've found another moon in the outer solar system. It must be rather complicated keeping track of all the objects that are out there, and especially determining whether an object is a brand-new discovery or an old one.
Do they have some kind of database or repository of this information? Perhaps it is available on the web or something. I would be most obliged if someone would point the way.
I should have picked out the nickname Demosthenes!Tecumseh.
... I see uranus.
How ya like dat?
Just a tidbit for all the Beavis and Butthead jokers...
The preferred pronunciation of Uranus accents the first syllable ('yur-&-n&s), and not like "your anus"
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Seems like an awfully cheeky headline.
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I can see the onion headlines now...
"A new pun has been found around your pun."
If you have a moon in uranus... youd better wo to the doctor... maybe you have hemorroids!
uranus is a pun free zone
(or at least a less obvious target)
if you pronounce it correctly
u rhymes with goo, to
ra rhymes with ma, ha
nus rhymes with puss
u - ra - nus
Hmm.. kinda small for a moon, more like an asteroid. Aha !! It's a Hemorrhoid !!
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naming a planet uranus was probably not one of the brightest events [because of the jokes]
Who knows, perhaps in some languages "Neptune" means "f*ck your mother". And "Earth" will get you deported.
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That "ring" you see in the picture is the typical circle used to indicate the interesting feature.
That brings up an interesting question: how do you mark an actual ring, such as a ring nebula or a planet ring?
Arrows? Okay, but what if the object actually looks like a ring and an arrow together?
A Rectangle? Okay, but what if. Nevermind. If we find a nebula shaped like a ring + arrow + rectangle, then we have far bigger concerns than how to point to it.
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My stars! It's full of gods!
I wonder if this one will turn out to be a old rocket engine too?
That would be quite a discovery, there's no way it's one of ours.
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I don't know about that, but "mun" (pronounced "moon") means "shit" in Telugu.
I don't know about that, but "mun" (pronounced "moon") means "shit" in Telugu.
I'll try to remember to stay out of Telugun.
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'twas discovered some years ago, and it's my
favourite astronomical fact.
Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum videtur (anything said in Latin sounds important)
Come to think about it, naming a planet uranus was probably not one of the brightest events. On the other hand, the creation of the USA and its rather quirky pronunciation of the English language was not one of humanity's brightest events either, come to think of it...
"there should be similarly sized small moons around Uranus,"
A pair of half moons perhaps?
it is Klingons!
or
thats no moon, its a...wait a minute, yeah, it's a moon.
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william herschel (an obnoxiously patriotic british astronomer) was originally going to name the planet after the king of england at the time--george. did we really need a planet named george? granted, uranus is debatably worse, but at least somebody talked him into keeping with the tradition of naming planets after greek/roman gods. of course, he then blew that to hell when he started naming the moons he discovered after shakespearean characters, but you cant always win, i guess...