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Re: A dwarf planet coming within 11 AU of the sun over the next 10 years

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So pretty much between Saturn and Uranus.... Even as an adult that still always makes me chuckle. I can't help it.

It’s pronounced your-uh-ness by pretty much everyone (or your-ah-noose if your going by the greek god and not the Latin copy/paste.)

Nope. I say your-anus.

Re: A dwarf planet coming within 11 AU of the sun over the next 10 years

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It’s pronounced your-uh-ness by pretty much everyone (or your-ah-noose if your going by the greek god and not the Latin copy/paste.)

in Arabic (and a bunch of other languages I'm sure) it's pronounced: Oranos, I don't understand why the U in Uranus is not pronounced like the U in Ultra.

In Russian it's simply "Ooran".

Re: A dwarf planet coming within 11 AU of the sun over the next 10 years

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Let's send some boosters out there, redirect it to earth, and make a second moon. Come on people, what ever happened to doing shit cause its fuckin' rad, do you know how cool another moon would be?!

Constructive interference from multiple tidal waves could flood huge coastal areas, killing or displacing millions. Uncool.

Put it in orbit at a 90 degree angle from the moon with Earth as the center and you can cause destructive interference and lower the tides :)

Re: A dwarf planet coming within 11 AU of the sun over the next 10 years

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It’s pronounced your-uh-ness by pretty much everyone (or your-ah-noose if your going by the greek god and not the Latin copy/paste.)

in Arabic (and a bunch of other languages I'm sure) it's pronounced: Oranos, I don't understand why the U in Uranus is not pronounced like the U in Ultra.

Cuz in Greek (my mother language), we pronounce "Ουρανός" as "Ouranos".

Re: A dwarf planet coming within 11 AU of the sun over the next 10 years

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I say we catch that sucker, tow it into our neck of the woods as a second moon, and use it as a space port. Are there a million problems with this proposal? Yes. But would it be totally rad to do this? Also yes.

But why? Don't we already have a moon?

Re: A dwarf planet coming within 11 AU of the sun over the next 10 years

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For reference 1 AU (Astronomical Unit) is about 150 million km. Saturn ranges from being about 7 to 11 AU away from Earth. Voyager 1 is 152 AU away. This object is excitingly close and will be fun to study.

That's terrifying, no? A whole planet (yes a dwarf one, but still a PLANET) is just rogue and will wander through the orbit of Sol as it pleases.

Re: A dwarf planet coming within 11 AU of the sun over the next 10 years

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I say we catch that sucker, tow it into our neck of the woods as a second moon, and use it as a space port. Are there a million problems with this proposal? Yes. But would it be totally rad to do this? Also yes.

But why? Don't we already have a moon?

We have moon, but what about second moon?

Re: A dwarf planet coming within 11 AU of the sun over the next 10 years

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For reference 1 AU (Astronomical Unit) is about 150 million km. Saturn ranges from being about 7 to 11 AU away from Earth. Voyager 1 is 152 AU away. This object is excitingly close and will be fun to study.

That's terrifying, no? A whole planet (yes a dwarf one, but still a PLANET) is just rogue and will wander through the orbit of Sol as it pleases.

> I would estimate at an albedo of 0.01-0.08 a diameter of 130-370 kilometers (nominally 160) which puts it on a similar scale, if not larger than, Sarabat's huge comet C/1729 P1, and almost undoubtedly the largest Oort Cloud object ever discovered- almost in dwarf planet territory!

So a bit less dramatic but still really cool.

Re: A dwarf planet coming within 11 AU of the sun over the next 10 years

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It’s pronounced your-uh-ness by pretty much everyone (or your-ah-noose if your going by the greek god and not the Latin copy/paste.)

in Arabic (and a bunch of other languages I'm sure) it's pronounced: Oranos, I don't understand why the U in Uranus is not pronounced like the U in Ultra.

A shot in the dark but I think there’s a lot of “ult”s in English but not many “ura”s

Uranium and Urine

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