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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...)
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.
Indeed, when one read the Wikipedia page on Uranus, lots of things are unknown. Also, apparently the ring system is on the equatorial plane... How is it even possible?
The equatorial plane is based on the rotation of the planet, not the relationship to the sun.
My 9th grade science teacher, Mr. Chew, told me that I would outgrow my juvenile sense of humor. I turn 40 in April. Mr. Chew, you were incorrect!
> οὐρᾰνός • (ouranós)
> 1. the vaulted sky 2. the region above this vault, the home of the gods 3. (philosophy) the universe 4. anything shaped like the sky: vaulted ceiling, tent
looks pretty good
> Etymology
> Probably from an older ϝορσανός (worsanós), which may be related to οὑρέω (houréō, “to urinate”), from Proto-Indo-European h₁worseye-, from h₁wers- (“rain”) (compare Sanskrit वर्षति (varṣati, “it rains”).
OK, never mind.
> A folk etymology advanced by Aristotle interpreted it as ὅρος (hóros, “limit”) and ἄνω (ánō, “up”).
Oh wait a second.
German ur-, English or- means roughly "original", from a sense "up", found e.g. in Urteil "sentence, decision, verdict", cognate to ordeal (teil and deal from a sense part, to split), but more significantly Urahne" "ancestor" (see above ἄνω "above"), Ursuppe* "primordial soup".
Latin anus, cognate Ancient Greek ἀννίς (annís) means “grandmother”, old high german ano "grandfather", so
Wer- as in werewolf means "man", too.
Ouranus (wonder why Greek omega is written like a w) is father of the first titans. talk about ancestors. The name is potentially so old that it's constituents have been re-analized multiple times.
but yeah, really funny.
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...)
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Indeed, when one read the Wikipedia page on Uranus, lots of things are unknown. Also, apparently the ring system is on the equatorial plane... How is it even possible?
Because the planet's axis is tilted 97 degrees, the equator runs roughly vertically comparered to the plane of the solar system, just like the rings. Basically it's like a "normal" planet with "normal" rings and rotation but the whole thing turned on its side, rotation, equator, rings, and all. The equatorial plane is based on the rotation of the planet, not the relationship to the sun.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
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...)
HN users feel no requirement to read an article before commenting on it.
My 9th grade science teacher, Mr. Chew, told me that I would outgrow my juvenile sense of humor. I turn 40 in April. Mr. Chew, you were incorrect!
https://bgr.com/2018/07/03/uranus-collision-early-solar-syst... "A massive object devastated Uranus a long time ago and it never fully recovered" In all seriousness, crude graffiti and dick jokes have been around as long as we've had civilization and the written word: https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-graffiti-of-pompeii-was-downrigh...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
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...)
HN users feel no requirement to read an article before commenting on it.