Let's have a frank discussion about Uranus

[MrScorpio]

Some nifty facts about Uranus:

- It's big and round

- It's full of toxic gases

- It has rings around it

- It's named after a Greek Diety. You remember Greek, don't you?

- It's Sidreal Period is 30,799.095 days


What can you tell the rest of us about Uranus?


I'm sure that we're all interested to know.

[JTG of the PRB]

1. IBTL

Okay, not really. Or maybe?

It's tilted oddly on its axis, possibly due to a collision with another large heavenly body ages ago. It also has a lot of moons.

[madinmaryland]

2. Uhmmm. Let's not. IBTL!!1!!

[Shine]

3. Astrological info:

Uranus is known in astrology as the "Awakener," since its aspects and transits bring sudden changes and shocks. It rules Aquarius, the quirky innovator, and sometimes these upheavals are a necessary break from restrictions in favor of a more liberated path.

:hi:

[mainegreen]

4. You really shouldn't find any klingons on uranus.

:dunce:

[opiate69]

5. Unlike all the othe planets, it's rotation is not in line with the orbital plane..

but rather at 98 degrees.

Uranus lies on its side with an axial tilt of 98 degrees. Other planets rotate like tilted spinning tops relative to the plane of the solar system, but Uranus rotates like a tilted rolling bowling ball. Near the time of Uranian solstices, one pole faces the Sun continually while the other pole faces away. At the other side of Uranus's orbit the orientation of the poles towards the Sun is reversed. This gives each pole 42 years of continuous sunlight, followed by 42 years of darkness.<40> Near the time of the equinoxes, the Sun faces the equator of Uranus just as it does for the other planets. Uranus will reach its next equinox around December 2007.<41>

[Xipe Totec]

6. Wait, let me put Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire on the turntable.

to set the mood.

[AlCzervik]

7. your thread reminds me of spaceballs.

[MrScorpio]

8. It has a big Titania

One of it's moons