Hubble images Uranus and Ariel ! |
Hubble images Uranus and Ariel ! |
Aug 31 2006, 08:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 121 Joined: 26-June 04 From: Austria Member No.: 89 |
Hello all !
The HST has captured a rare event in the Uranian system - a shadow transit of one of its moons ! In this case the moon Ariel transits: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/...2006/42/image/a Robert |
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Aug 31 2006, 08:09 PM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47 |
Uranus is nearing equinox. New science is coming up!
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Aug 31 2006, 08:29 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
As for the size comparison, the 8th grader in me couldn't help but laugh at the chance to compare the size of Uranus and the Moon
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Sep 1 2006, 10:54 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 249 Joined: 11-June 05 From: Finland (62°14′N 25°44′E) Member No.: 408 |
As for the size comparison, the 8th grader in me couldn't help but laugh at the chance to compare the size of Uranus and the Moon Triton is a giant compared to other moons of Uranus or Neptune and it would be the largest known KBO if it didn't orbit Neptune. But our Moon is bigger still! Obvious, but still it feels weird. -------------------- The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
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