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Why Is Uranus the Only Planet Without Interesting Features on It?

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Re: Why Is Uranus the Only Planet Without Interesting Features on It?

#11

The short answer is: "because clickbait titles is part of the industry, it's not really that boring." The longer answer it is sometimes too cold to make the same cool cloud patterns in the visual spectrum Jupiter and Saturn have.

The more interesting question is ”Why does Neptune have interesting visible-light features even though it’s even farther from the sun than Uranus?”

Re: Why Is Uranus the Only Planet Without Interesting Features on It?

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post #10

If the headline asks a question, try answering 'no'. Is This the True Face of Britain's Young? (Sensible reader: No.) Have We Found the Cure for AIDS? (No; or you wouldn't have put the question mark in.) Does This Map Provide the Key for Peace? (Probably not.) A headline with a question mark at the end means, in the vast majority of cases, that the story is tendentious or over-sold. It is often a scare story, or an a…

Betteridge's law of headlines!

Re: Why Is Uranus the Only Planet Without Interesting Features on It?

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post #10

If the headline asks a question, try answering 'no'. Is This the True Face of Britain's Young? (Sensible reader: No.) Have We Found the Cure for AIDS? (No; or you wouldn't have put the question mark in.) Does This Map Provide the Key for Peace? (Probably not.) A headline with a question mark at the end means, in the vast majority of cases, that the story is tendentious or over-sold. It is often a scare story, or an a…

"Why is ..." "no"?

Re: Why Is Uranus the Only Planet Without Interesting Features on It?

#14
Anything to get clicks right?

Uranus IS interesting as it’s the only planet which is turned on its side relative to the spin and orbits of its sibling planets.

Just because it doesn’t have swirling clouds due to the extreme cold doesn’t mean it’s not interesting.

Re: Why Is Uranus the Only Planet Without Interesting Features on It?

#19

The short answer is: "because clickbait titles is part of the industry, it's not really that boring." The longer answer it is sometimes too cold to make the same cool cloud patterns in the visual spectrum Jupiter and Saturn have.

The longer answer it is too cold to make the same cool cloud patterns in the visual spectrum Jupiter and Saturn have.

That's not what the articles says at all.

Re: Why Is Uranus the Only Planet Without Interesting Features on It?

#20

Anything to get clicks right? Uranus IS interesting as it’s the only planet which is turned on its side relative to the spin and orbits of its sibling planets. Just because it doesn’t have swirling clouds due to the extreme cold doesn’t mean it’s not interesting.

The article doesn't say it isn't interesting (nor does the title), and actually says it has nice swirling clouds now. (The comments here really are something else...)
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