Seven Down, One to Go!

[TMac3000]

Finally decided to brave the 17-year voyage to Uranus. Actually this was my second trip to the Sideways Planet, as I had done a preliminary trip a few weeks ago.

It's interesting and very odd to me that Uranus is simultaneously the most featureless object in the solar system, and one of the most beautiful. Seen from Uranus, the sun is barely brighter than Saturn as seen from Earth...

I had planned to land on Miranda, but inserted into orbit on the wrong side of the planet to land on any of the moons. But I'm planning a return trip in which I will definitely land on either Miranda or Oberon.

Recording is included, but may be useless because after a certain point it won't go above 100x time compression

 

[N_Molson]

Uranus is somehow the "forgotten planet". Not a very popular planet, the blue of Neptune is more attractive, the visible rings of Saturn make it special, and Jupiter is both the biggest and the closest of the gas giants.

Never heard of a plan to send a science mission dedicated to the Uranian moons system. It's pretty far away, that's a fact.

 

[Codz]

Actually there are a couple of proposed missions.

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus_Pathfinder"]Uranus Pathfinder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus_orbiter_and_probe"]Uranus orbiter and probe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

 

[sorindafabico]

Never heard of a plan to send a science mission dedicated to the Uranian moons system. It's pretty far away, that's a fact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_Uranus#Proposed_missions


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Oh, ninja'd by Codz...LOL

 

[TMac3000]

Any mission to Uranus should dive into the planet itself, as Galileo did with Jupiter. Maybe a flyby of Miranda, but other than that strange little world, none of the moons of Uranus are anything to write home about.

 

[Codz]

Any mission to Uranus should dive into the planet itself, as Galileo did with Jupiter. Maybe a flyby of Miranda, but other than that strange little world, none of the moons of Uranus are anything to write home about.

That's a rather large assumption considering we've only had a single flyby of the planet back in 1986. Many of Saturn's moons were considered "nothing special" until Cassini took a much closer, longer look.

 

[Scav]

none of the moons of Uranus are anything to write home about.

"Regula is a Class D . . . it consists of various unremarkable ores . . . essentially a great rock in space."

 

[PeriapsisPrograde]

Were the naming of uranium and Uranus related?

 

[Codz]

Were the naming of uranium and Uranus related?

Yes. It was named after Uranus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium#Discovery

 

[blixel]

Related to this discussion.

 

[N_Molson]

Yes, actually Uranus is the highest planet in the Greek mythological hierarchy :

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. It is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus (Ancient Greek: Οὐρανός), the father of Cronus (Saturn) and grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter).

Father of Cronus (God of Time) and Grandfather of Jupiter (Leader of the Gods), nothing less. :tiphat:

 

[Shinrar]

Related to this discussion.

How to Pronounce Uranus - YouTube

I will now and forever pronounce this oo-RON-us.

 

[Artlav]

Here both Uranus and Uranium is pronounced as Uran - Oo-Ra-n.
So, the barrel joke falls on completely flat ears.

 

[Codz]

Here both Uranus and Uranium is pronounced as Uran - Oo-Ra-n.
So, the barrel joke falls on completely flat ears.

Perhaps we should take notes.:lol:

 

[TMac3000]

Herschel discovered my anus in 1781...and I wasn't even born yet:rofl:
I actually think Herschel would have been a nice name
(Or maybe George's World)

 

[RisingFury]

Any mission to Uranus should dive into the planet itself, as Galileo did with Jupiter. Maybe a flyby of Miranda, but other than that strange little world, none of the moons of Uranus are anything to write home about.

We don't know much about Uranus and its moons. To claim they're nothing to write home about is a claim made from ignorance.

Not that it matters. Any mission to Uranus will pack experiments capable of exploring both the planet and its moons at the same time.


While we're at it, the names of planets as written in Slovenian:
Merkur
Venera
Zemlja (same word for Earth and soil)
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uran
Neptun

 

[TMac3000]

We don't know much about Uranus and its moons. To claim they're nothing to write home about is a claim made from ignorance.

Ariel=little dust ball with lots of craters
Umbriel=little dust ball with lots of craters
Oberon...you get the idea
Miranda looks interesting. As far as I know, aside from the five major moons, the rest are captured asteroids.

In my opinion, the gas giant moons most worthy of study are:
Europa
Io
Titan
Enceladus
Iapetus

 

[Codz]

Ariel=little dust ball with lots of craters
Umbriel=little dust ball with lots of craters
Oberon...you get the idea
Miranda looks interesting. As far as I know, aside from the five major moons, the rest are captured asteroids.

In my opinion, the gas giant moons most worthy of study are:
Europa
Io
Titan
Enceladus
Iapetus

There's more to most things than meets the eye. The information you just posted is based, once again, on our extremely limited knowledge of the Uranus system. The only reason any of the moons (other than maybe Titan) that you listed are considered interesting is because of our more in-depth investigation of them by more than a single fly-by.

 

[RisingFury]

Ariel=little dust ball with lots of craters
Umbriel=little dust ball with lots of craters
Oberon...you get the idea
Miranda looks interesting. As far as I know, aside from the five major moons, the rest are captured asteroids.

Ok, let's use your advanced scientific methods to break down the solar system:

Sun - hot ball o' gass
Mercury - hot rock with craters
Venus - hot rock with clouds
Earth - rock with water and atmosphere
Earth's moon - rock with craters
Mars - red rock with craters
Jupiter - ball o' gas
Saturn - ball o' gas with rings
Uranus - ball o' gas
Neptune - ball o' gas


But hey, let me guess. Pluto is a plant, right?

 

[Codz]

But hey, let me guess. Pluto is a plant, right?

Nope, Pluto isn't a plant.