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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's True - Uranus Really Does Stink
If you were ever to stand on the surface of Uranus and take a deep breath, you would get the distinctive pong of rotten eggs (and no oxygen of course).
"but suffocation and exposure in the negative 200 degrees Celsius atmosphere made of mostly hydrogen, helium, and methane would take its toll long before the smell.
However, a team of astronomers led by Irwin has now found that hydrogen sulphide definitely does permeate the upper atmosphere of Uranus, according to sensitive spectroscopic observations with the Gemini North telescope on Hawaiis Maunakea.
Irwin and his team used infrared light images capture by the scopes Near-Infrared Integral Field Spectrometer, which sampled reflected sunlight from a region just over the main visible cloud layer in Uranus atmosphere.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bridaineparnell/2018/04/24/its-true-uranus-really-does-stink/
MyOwnPeace
(16,946 posts)Now we're gonna' have a full day of "Uranus" jokes!
Cha
(297,916 posts)Ur-"an" with a short a like "ah"-us. I started doing that a long time ago.
underpants
(182,987 posts)TexasTowelie
(112,592 posts)Uranus is definitely off my list of vacation destinations.
underpants
(182,987 posts)butt it could be an Air BnB
Funtatlaguy
(10,893 posts)Uranus might stink.
Mine smells like lilacs and dandelions.
Butt then, I buttchugg bottles of potpourri daily.