Hubble finds new moons, rings around Uranus

[edbermac]

CNN) -- New images from the Hubble Space Telescope show the planet Uranus has two additional moons and two faint rings never observed before.

The new moons, which were named Mab and Cupid, bring the total number of satellites orbiting Uranus to 27.

Astronomer Mark Showalter of the SETI Institute and his colleagues were not looking for new moons or rings when they submitted a proposal to take deep exposures of the planet with Hubble's most advanced optical camera. Rather, they planned to study the 11 previously known rings and several moons embedded within them.

"Sometimes you find things you aren't looking for," Showalter said. "No one thought this region of Uranus was very interesting."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/12/22/uranus.hubble/index.html

Insert joke here...:rofl:

[Joe Chi Minh]

1. Is there no limit to the depths to which they will sink in their

clandestine of their spying!

[realFedUp]

2. ok....inserted

I've seen Uranus and it isn't very interesting.

[donheld]

16. "ok....inserted"

Excuse me but what was inserted?

[Spinzonner]

3. That is so tempting

but I'm above that ...

[kliljedahl]

4. I'm not

Keith’s Barbeque Central

[jbnow]

25. Oh to be 4 years old

when butt jokes are all the rage.

They have tried to change the pronunciation of Uranus from "Your anus" to "Your un us". The 4 year old in all of us won't let it happen.

I have to try to share this news with a straight face at Christmas gatherings. I like astronomy, what can I say?

[TallahasseeGrannie]

5. I always heard there were rings of debris

around Uranus.


But not mine.

[donheld]

22. .

[MazeRat7]

6. Help... stop me before I post.... oh that is so ripe for comment. (n/t)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. And obviously there is a moon

around Uranus.

[BlueJazz]

8. Well..I'm glad they got to the "Bottom" of it... nt

[ClassWarrior]

9. Speak for urself.

NGU.

[TheBaldyMan]

10. the rings around Uranus are composed mostly of frozen gases ...

must be that cold snap we're having.

[Orsino]

11. huh-huh, huh-huh.

He said "moons."

[Rosco T.]

12. Oh Give Me Strength.....

avoiding a straight like like that is worse that a cat ignoring an open paper bag.

[ben_thayer]

13. If there's a ring around Uranus...

You've been sitting on the toilet too long!

[kansasblue]

14. (embrassed to say I only came here to read the Uranus jokes) :-)

[donheld]

20. I did too

what else would anybody expect. Who ever came up with Uranus as a name for a planet had a horrible mind.

[donheld]

15. There are NO rings around mine

But we all know there are rings around ur.... :rofl:

[Initech]

17. So Uranus has a few moons now?

Think about it!

[Cleita]

18. You guys are cracking me up!

:rofl:

[OneBlueSky]

19. I beg your pardon! . . . Mr. Hubble doesn't even KNOW me! . . . n/t

.

[donheld]

21. You've heard about that spying thing haven't you?

Your secret is out.

[drhilarius]

23. What do the Starship Enterprise and Toilet paper have in common?

They both go around Uranus looking for Klingons.

[Gabi Hayes]

24. Uranus looks just like the inside of a

balloon knot

[jbnow]

26. Looking at the picture

Uranus is beautiful. Who would have guessed?

[Ellipsis]

27. Speaking of Uranus, Wheres A-Schwarzenegger?

I am surprised he has not posted here yet.

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