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Hubble images Uranus and Ariel !
Roby72
post Aug 31 2006, 08:00 PM
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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

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Big_Gazza
post Oct 13 2006, 09:18 PM
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Equinox is nearing and we have no Uranus orbiter to take advantage of the opportunity, nor plans to organise one! mad.gif
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post Oct 13 2006, 09:29 PM
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QUOTE (Big_Gazza @ Oct 13 2006, 10:18 PM) *
Equinox is nearing and we have no Uranus orbiter to take advantage of the opportunity, nor plans to organise one! mad.gif


If you had an orbiter you wouldn't need an equinox . . . .
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- Roby72   Hubble images Uranus and Ariel !   Aug 31 2006, 08:00 PM
- - remcook   Uranus is nearing equinox. New science is coming u...   Aug 31 2006, 08:09 PM
|- - tedstryk   As for the size comparison, the 8th grader in me c...   Aug 31 2006, 08:29 PM
|- - Jyril   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Aug 31 2006, 11:29 PM) ...   Sep 1 2006, 10:54 AM
- - MarcF   This is really a great picture ! And it is jus...   Aug 31 2006, 09:13 PM
- - PhilCo126   Superb image, it was also in the monthly CERN-Cour...   Oct 13 2006, 11:50 AM
- - Big_Gazza   Equinox is nearing and we have no Uranus orbiter t...   Oct 13 2006, 09:18 PM
- - ngunn   QUOTE (Big_Gazza @ Oct 13 2006, 10:18 PM)...   Oct 13 2006, 09:29 PM
- - ugordan   QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 13 2006, 10:29 PM) If ...   Oct 14 2006, 09:13 AM

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