Let's talk about Uranus!

[UrbScotty]

With Cassini and and the lunar eclipse (an awesome one last night!) big in the news, let's talk about Uranus.

Tell us one thing - just one - you know about Uranus.

I'll start: Uranus has a lot of gas.

[trotsky]

1. There are rings around Uranus.

Dirty rings, from what I've heard.

[Kelli372]

6. Only if I sit on the pot too long

[kanrok]

2. Are Klingons circling Uranus?

[Sabriel]

11. Send the Enterprise to wipe them out n/t

[BOSSHOG]

3. I always want to break into song when I hear that word

YOU PROMISED ME THE MOON,
BUT I GOT URANUS.

[specter]

4. Uranus has an axis that is tilted 90 degrees from north

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. Let me tilt a little to the right

There, now you're not a liar.

[MsUnderstood]

5. a little off topic

I was listening to some liberal talk show and they were dissing puffy's vote or die campaign.

They said instead of VOTE OR DIE should be VOTE OR PAINFUL RECTAL ITCH. . .

Had me laughing for 5 minutes. . .I don't know why uranus jokes are so funny.

[qnr]

7. It's Day-Glo purple with baby-poop green polka dots, look:

See? Day-Glo purple with baby-poop green polka dots. That comes from having 27 satellites, incidently.

[zbdent]

8. Please refer all questions to the Swift Vessel Klingons for Uranus

website . . .

[UrbScotty]

17. Link? (nt)

[Dukkha]

10. Stats

Uranus Statistics
Discovered by William Herschel
Date of discovery 1781
Mass (kg) 8.686e+25
Mass (Earth = 1) 1.4535e+01
Equatorial radius (km) 25,559
Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) 4.0074
Mean density (gm/cm^3) 1.29
Mean distance from the Sun (km) 2,870,990,000
Mean distance from the Sun (Earth = 1) 19.1914
Rotational period (hours) -17.9
Orbital period (years) 84.01
Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) 6.81
Orbital eccentricity 0.0461
Tilt of axis (degrees) 97.86
Orbital inclination (degrees) 0.774
Equatorial surface gravity (m/sec^2) 7.77
Equatorial escape velocity (km/sec) 21.30
Visual geometric albedo 0.51
Magnitude (Vo) 5.52
Mean cloud temperature -193°C
Atmospheric pressure (bars) 1.2
Atmospheric composition
Hydrogen 83%
Helium 15%
Methane 2%

NICE ASS!

[Sabriel]

12. You would think Uranus would be have a higher methane %

But I guess it varies.

[qnr]

13. BLARRRRRP! Sorry, that's incorrect

ih8thegop said:

Tell us one thing - just one - you know about Uranus.

you gave us many, many, fine "one thing"s

[Baldsicle]

14. "Let's talk about Uranus!"

Uranus rhymes with anus!

[Baldsicle]

15. It makes a good swear word...

.....Up Uranus!

[UrbScotty]

18. Good ones. (nt)

[BiggJawn]

16. They make Brown 25..

Another fine product from Uranus..

[DemBones DemBones]

19. Well, when Pluto is behind Uranus, astrologers say to

watch out for dogs coming up behind you. :evilgrin: