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The anomalous state of Uranus's magnetosphere during the Voyager 2 flyby

• ramonverse 2y ago
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  • hashtag-til 2y ago
    People doing important research on Uranus certainly hear a lot of jokes.
    • labster 2y ago
      No, it’s always the same joke, in a thousand variations on a theme.
      • gambiting 2y ago
        Which drives me mad, given that Uranus should really be pronounced like the greek god Uranus (uran-os, with U pronounced like in Uzbekistan), not "ur anus".
        • fstarship 2y ago
          Or it should be called Caelus to be consistent with Roman names
          • labster 2y ago
            Consistency is the hobgoblin of minor planets
          • deleted 2y ago
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          • verzali 2y ago
            We could always go back to calling it George, like Herschel initially did.
      • hashtag-til 2y ago
        It was a meta-joke, sorry everyone.
    • chgs 2y ago
      I thought they renamed it Urectum?
• mturmon 2y ago
  This question is very important for planetary science. Magnetometers are our main tool for detecting presence of a saline ocean in planets and moons (Enceladus, Triton, Europa), and characterizing it. The Uranus measurement is a template for this technique. Several of the co authors are on the Europa Clipper magnetometer team.