Starship Asterisk*

Hello All

Uranus comes from the greek word,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sky

and its not the way you pronounse it in Greek

Let the English be the blame for its pronounciation.

[quote="makc"][quote]gave me a chance to make a really silly thread title[/quote]
in russia, "blue" is sort of synonym for "gay". otherwise I don't see how this title could be funny.[/quote]
Oh come on... the planet was obviously named Uranus for the humor value. :) Weird how 'blue' has sexual connotations in several cultures... though that's getting further off topic. :lol:

Okay, okay, I can't resist at least a little childish giggling over that planet's name. Everyone does it. Come on, admit it, you know you do. :)

Anyway... I still find it interesting that so many of our planets seem to have rings around them, albeit faint ones (with the exception, of course, of Saturn). I suppose it's only natural, what with the Roche limit and so much junk floating around the solar system. Am I correct in my vague memory that Earth has a (very) faint ring, also? Natural, I mean. :)

[quote]gave me a chance to make a really silly thread title[/quote]
in russia, "blue" is sort of synonym for "gay". otherwise I don't see how this title could be funny.

Hello I tried to open the link ,,,,,,,,,,,,unable,,,,,,,,,,, darn comp


Here in ozzzzzzzzz land we have a blue ring octopus,,,,,,,,,,,a killer at first bite

[quote="orin stepanek"]I noticed there's also a red ring.
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Ugh...I should get that checked out.

I noticed there's also a red ring.
Orin

Okay, okay, stop snickering, you there in the back. :lol:

But yes, using the Hubble space telescope, astronomers observing in infrared light have found an outer ring about the planet that [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4883848.stm]primarily reflects blue light[/url], due to its being comprised of very small particular matter.

I suppose this isn't technically related to an APoD, but it's still interesting astronomy. And gave me a chance to make a really silly thread title. :D