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Applan Donating Member (435 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-23-05 06:20 PM
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Two more rings around Uranus discovered
The planet, that is:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051222/ap_on_sc/uranus_rings;_ylt=AknDHYRo0fNVdKzV4cOFyuis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-

The newly discovered rings are made up of short-lived, faint bands of dust grains that are constantly being replenished by erosion of larger space bodies. Scientist think the dust in the outermost ring is being supplied by the moon Mab, discovered in 2003.
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Drifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-23-05 06:21 PM
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1. Here come the Klingon jokes ...

Cheers
Drifter
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-23-05 07:04 PM
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7. no no no - not the Klingon jokes
Anything but that...
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Rick Myers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-23-05 06:22 PM
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2. I tried to wash them off, but...
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rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-23-05 06:23 PM
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3. Planetary brown-eye? (nt)
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-23-05 06:24 PM
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4. I saw that on (I think) CNN yesterday.
Edited on Fri Dec-23-05 06:35 PM by MercutioATC
I know it's juvenile, but I laughed when the pretty female reporter had to read the last line of the story "Uranus is seven times the size of the earth".

Yes, I know....juvenile....
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hwmnbn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-23-05 06:25 PM
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5. They got some pills for that.....nt
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-23-05 07:02 PM
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6. Stop looking at my...........
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-23-05 07:07 PM
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8. Unsightly rings of debris circling Uranus? Hmmmmm.......
Sounds more naughty than nice.
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-23-05 07:28 PM
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9. You can get it bleached out. eom.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-23-05 07:39 PM
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10. Is there oil there? Can we build a pipeline from Uranus to
nevermind
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