‘Stunning’: James Webb telescope provides new view of Uranus

[BABAR]

https://thehill.com/homenews/3938881-stunning-james-webb-telescope-provides-new-view-of-uranus/amp/
I know, I need to grow up.

 

[allensmith]

It’s an awkward discussion for me. I’m sure Uranus is an awkward topic to discuss for most. (And we don’t even know each other )

 

[Hobie1dog]

Thanks to that article, I now know where Frank at PML got the names Ariel and Miranda from (Moons).

 

[KenECoyote]

It’s an awkward discussion for me. I’m sure Uranus is an awkward topic to discuss for most. (And we don’t even know each other )

Yup, ends up being a black hole.

 

[Hobie1dog]

Yup, ends up being a black hole.

That' just so wrong

 

[smstachwick]

It’s never not going to be funny.

 

[kuririn]

https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com/...-NZkbprgnqllzX6r2cXd0E95rQHNtleCspyVJ-XD8fFN8"The best fudge comes from Uranus".

 

[jkovac]

Or you could go with the Carl Sagan pronunciation, YER-un-us. I wonder how many astronomers say it that way.

 

[Azamiryou]

Or you could go with the Carl Sagan pronunciation, YER-un-us. I wonder how many astronomers say it that way.

Because "urinous" is so much better than "your anus". Maybe we should go back to calling it George.

 

[RocketPro]

Or you could go with the Carl Sagan pronunciation, YER-un-us. I wonder how many astronomers say it that way.

All the dozens of astronomers and planetary scientists that I know and work with pronounce it, “yoor-uh-nuhs”.

Our old, pre-9/11, badges at JPL had a photo montage of all the planets on it…the joke was that it had both a picture of your face and Uranus on it!

 

[BABAR]

“Urinous” would be a small yellow ocean planet.

 

[KenECoyote]

 

[techrat]

Fry: Maybe we could use the smello-scope to smell Uranus!
Everyone: Huh, what?
Farnsworth: I'm sorry Fry, but scientists changed the name of that planet hundreds of years ago because they got tired of that stupid joke.
Fry: What'd they change it to?
Farnsworth: ... Urectum!

I think that's the 2nd or 3rd Episode of Futurama, and I laughed myself sick on that one.

 

[KenECoyote]

Fry: Maybe we could use the smello-scope to smell Uranus!
Everyone: Huh, what?
Farnsworth: I'm sorry Fry, but scientists changed the name of that planet hundreds of years ago because they got tired of that stupid joke.
Fry: What'd they change it to?
Farnsworth: ... Urectum!

I think that's the 2nd or 3rd Episode of Futurama, and I laughed myself sick on that one.

Thanks for the transcript!

Yeah, I saw that episode when it aired and thought it was hi, that's what made me find the clip and post it above.

 

[techrat]

Yeah, I saw that episode when it aired and thought it was hi, that's what made me find the clip and post it above.

Ah, sorry -- my internet is proxied at work -- and Youtube is blocked so I had no idea you beat me to it.

 

[kuririn]

Because "urinous" is so much better than "your anus".

But not as funny.

 

[KenECoyote]

Ah, sorry -- my internet is proxied at work -- and Youtube is blocked so I had no idea you beat me to it.

Great Demented minds think alike!

It's actually quite funny how we were both thinking the same thing around the same time!

 

[ThirstyBarbarian]

While the James Webb telescope is amazing, you don’t need to spend $10 billion for an instrument to take a picture of Uranus. From what I’ve seen on the Internet, the camera on your phone will do.

 

[cbrarick]

very cool. Hopefully they will point that very expensive telescope at something a little farther away....

thanks for the article!

 

[NTP2]

Maybe we should go back to calling it George.

I concur, the only reason I think people keep the name is that kids remember it very easily.

Ps I have always felt that George 3 didn’t deserve all the hate we give him…

 

[ThirstyBarbarian]

Maybe we should go back to calling it George.

How about John Duane?

 

[ThirstyBarbarian]

Winkle, winkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a brown eye in the sky.

 

[kuririn]

I thought Uranus was a planet, not a moon.

 

[ThirstyBarbarian]

I thought Uranus was a planet, not a moon.

It’s a crater.

 

[kuririn]

It’s a crater.

Not a fissure?

 

[ThirstyBarbarian]

Because "urinous" is so much better than "your anus". Maybe we should go back to calling it George.

Interesting article about the history of the name.

Question:​

Why did Herschel name his planet Uranus?

Answer:​

Herschel did not name the planet Uranus, he called it "the Georgium Crinklestar" in honor of King George III of England. The name "Uranus" was first proposed by German astronomer Grundle Bumwinkle in order for it to be more conducive to butt puns. Uranus is the ancient Greek deity of the da booty, the earliest supreme god. This name did not achieve common use until the fifth grade.

 

[ThirstyBarbarian]

Not a fissure?

It’s a volcanic feature known as a stink wrinkle.

 

[kuririn]

It’s a volcanic feature known as a stink wrinkle.

So there must be a lot of Klingons around there.

 

[ThirstyBarbarian]

So there must be a lot of Klingons around there.

There still are. Some of them were wiped out, and others were subjected to a vicious smear campaign, but the tough ones are still hanging on.

 

[kuririn]

the tough ones are still hanging on.

So you're saying that they are difficult to perturd?