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August 31, 2006

Does it hurt when Uranus is Eclipsed? [Jack M.]
— Ace

Personally, I wouldn't know. But those of you looking for answers might be glad to know that the Hubble Space Telescope is on the case and has produced the first ever image of Uranus being eclipsed one of it's moons (Ariel).

The photo appears on the Space.com site, along with the accompanying article.

Apparently, transits of Uranus are relatively rare, as the article indicates that they happen only once every 42 years.

Clearly, then, the AoS lifestyle (in which Uranus is a rather prominent player, if his horoscope is to be believed) is purely an Earthbound phenomenon.

Science, people. Is there anything it can't do?

Posted by: Ace at 03:02 PM | Comments (76)
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1 If Uranus explodes in space, does it make a sound?

Posted by: Bart at August 31, 2006 03:05 PM (qLobi)

2 I'm in favor of exploring Uranus.

Posted by: Bart at August 31, 2006 03:10 PM (qLobi)

3 Man!

I know there is joke potential here somewhere.

I would like to put my 2nd moon in your Neptune!!

I wish Pluto was still a planet because doggie style is funny.

Posted by: Rosetta at August 31, 2006 03:11 PM (kSsWS)

4 Looks like Uranus has a dark spot on it, might be cancer, or might just bbe you've been abusing it too much.

And every 42 years? Sounds lke it gets it more than some around here.

Speaking of Ace, is he still humping John Mark Karr and Rita Cosby?

Posted by: Kanelin at August 31, 2006 03:17 PM (DHWob)

5 Further Hubble pix reveal new moon:

Hubble Photos: Transit

Posted by: BumperStickerist at August 31, 2006 03:26 PM (PcDvW)

6 Wait a minute.....Ookla's shadow doesnt match Ookla's body!

I'm thinking those photos BumperStickerist posted just might not be real.

Where's Allah? We need his photoshopping skills to determine if this is yet another example of fauxtography!

Posted by: Jack M. at August 31, 2006 03:38 PM (Jb1EJ)

7 shouldn't Uranus moons be called dingleberries?

Posted by: Frank G at August 31, 2006 03:40 PM (c3ZU+)

8 way to be subtle, Frank.

Posted by: Bart at August 31, 2006 03:42 PM (qLobi)

9 If you want to get Uranus eclipsed, That is your business.
But , Please dont do it when children are around.

Posted by: 1sttofight at August 31, 2006 03:45 PM (B86ih)

10 Do you remember that old Star Trek episode where Kirk wipes the Klingons from Uranus?

Posted by: at August 31, 2006 03:51 PM (OEbrS)

11 Do you remember why Capt. Kirk took a piss on the bridge of the Enterprise?

Posted by: Bart at August 31, 2006 03:55 PM (qLobi)

12 Ariel? That's a silly name.
I propose that Uranus's moon be named after Uranus itself, and Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, the German Physicist.
It should be called Uranus Hertz.

Posted by: Tushar D at August 31, 2006 03:56 PM (9ULFg)

13 Monkyboy's head transits his anus often.
Every other post, however, his head and anus experience a convergence.

Posted by: Uncle Jefe at August 31, 2006 03:57 PM (vlTSh)

14 Of all the facts and events in all the universe, the eclipse of Uranus is the thing that I care least about.

Where the f@#$% is Ace?

Posted by: Kasper Hauser at August 31, 2006 04:02 PM (U4EEO)

15 Shadows become less distinct the further the ground is away from the body based on the distance the object is from the light source. Given the vast distance Uranus is from the sun, the reflective properties of the atmosphere, and the fact that Ookla's fur would prevent a sharp outline, you wouldn't expect to see sharp outlines or something like Balinese shadow puppetry.

This astronomical discovery lends credence to my theory that the Thundercats are, in fact, stationed to defend the perimeter of our Solar System from our enemies.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at August 31, 2006 04:03 PM (PcDvW)

16 Ohhhhh....now that you explain it like that, I see that my skepticism was misplaced.

You might want to send one of the Thundercats over to check on Kasper hauser, though. It sounds like he has quite the asteroid wedged in planet Hisanus.

Posted by: Jack M. at August 31, 2006 04:12 PM (Jb1EJ)

17 Now wait a minute, Bumperstickerist...
I'm more of a 60's and 70's cartoon kid, but I do remember my younger brothers at the end of their cartoon days in the early 80's, and I believe that Ookla the Mok was from Thundarr the Barbarian, rather than the Thundercats...

Posted by: Uncle Jefe at August 31, 2006 04:19 PM (vlTSh)

18 I don't recall any Ookla the Mok from Thundercats.

Was that that blue quivering thing?

Posted by: Entropy at August 31, 2006 04:22 PM (Uh5fR)

19 Nope, apparently not. I have no idea what the name of the cartoon is that has that character..

Posted by: Entropy at August 31, 2006 04:27 PM (Uh5fR)

20 Wow that's going to piss me off now. I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight.

I'm never going to figgure that out.

Some damn old cartoon that had a barbarian, and he had a bunch of companians...and two of them where blue blobs called something like blip and bleep or something...

Posted by: Entropy at August 31, 2006 04:33 PM (Uh5fR)

21 Your thinking of the HERCULOIDS.
And they weren't blue, they were white.
Their names: Gloop and Gleep.

Posted by: bartwing plover at August 31, 2006 04:36 PM (qLobi)

22 The Herculoids.

Posted by: Meekrob at August 31, 2006 04:36 PM (9HeGK)

23 Do you remember why Capt. Kirk took a piss on the bridge of the Enterprise?

Ok, Bart, why?

And that reminds me of the episode when Kirk and Spock were eack pissing off the bridge, and Kirk says "man, this water is cold"

Then, Spock says...

Posted by: Kanelin at August 31, 2006 04:37 PM (DHWob)

24 Holy crap. That's amazing.

Posted by: Entropy at August 31, 2006 04:40 PM (Uh5fR)

25 ...To go where no man has gone before.

I heard that joke in 3rd grade.

Posted by: Bart Tiberius Kirk at August 31, 2006 04:40 PM (qLobi)

26 I saw the design for Orion, the new capsule that will take the place of the shuttle. It looks pretty cool- a throwback to Apollo, only bigger, badder and better.

I want NASA to install a nuclear/solar power plant on the Moon with a robotic smelter to make huge ceramic/glass panels out of the silica in the soil.

To build the frigging space hotels I hope to be alive to visit in thirty/forty years.

Time's a-wastin' dammit!

Posted by: Dogstar at August 31, 2006 04:42 PM (Rz/5R)

27 Entropy, go back to your comment at 9:22pm.
Then go up one.
Does that sound right?

Posted by: Uncle Jefe at August 31, 2006 04:45 PM (vlTSh)

28 Dogstar: How about mining the moon for Helium 3 to power fusion power plants?

Posted by: Bugler at August 31, 2006 04:54 PM (oKQob)

29 Nah, Jefe, Ookla the Mook I looked up. It looks like a wookie.

Bart (or was that spurwing? Not enough typos..) and meekrob got it.

It's gloop and gleep from Herculoids.

I thought they were blue, it seems they were white...allthough they're shown here as being both yellow and brown.

Posted by: Entropy at August 31, 2006 04:59 PM (Uh5fR)

30 I don't know how the friggin hell those 2 knew what I was talking about. Especially with my gay ass description.

I don't even know how the hell I knew what I was talking about....that cartoon was cancelled in 1969.

But I knew if anyone could figgure it out, it'd be someone at AOSHQ.

Posted by: Entropy at August 31, 2006 05:00 PM (Uh5fR)

31 To go where no man has gone before.

Speaking of which, is it true that spurwing is posting on HotAir?

Posted by: shawn at August 31, 2006 05:04 PM (N1IMb)

32 It realy ruffles my feathers when they call it URUNUS i mean it sounds like what you do in the bathroom why cant these doofuses pronounch it right?

Posted by: spurwing plover at August 31, 2006 05:07 PM (2cLBb)

33 spurwing! Are you posting on HotAir? Don't be coy, now.

Posted by: shawn at August 31, 2006 05:09 PM (N1IMb)

34 It's gloop and gleep from Herculoids.

God I LOVED that cartoon as a kid. With the triceratops that shot explosive melons and the giant rock ape and the laser dragon...

Posted by: geoff at August 31, 2006 05:13 PM (Id2DF)

35 And the wife, Tara, with her hawt bod.

Yeah, I got them on DVD, too.

Posted by: Bart at August 31, 2006 05:17 PM (qLobi)

36 Entropy, et al, I respectfully disagree.
I just went to retroland.com, and found...

Cast

Thundarr Robert Ridgely
Ariel Nellie Bellflower
Ookla the Mok Henry Corden

Posted by: Uncle Jefe at August 31, 2006 05:20 PM (vh+iP)

37 Yeah, I got them on DVD, too.

The new ones or the old ones?

Posted by: geoff at August 31, 2006 05:25 PM (Id2DF)

38 Does it hurt to have Uranus eclipsed? Hell, that depends on the size of the Coke bottle.

Posted by: Rascalfair at August 31, 2006 05:38 PM (7gfLV)

39 Haha! You said your anus!

Posted by: blaster at August 31, 2006 06:03 PM (b/ENZ)

40 Haha! You said your anus!

Since we're all back in grammer school, I can play too:

That's as funny as a fart in a space suit.

Posted by: max at August 31, 2006 06:07 PM (ut95J)

41 Ha ha ha ha haaaa..Did you hear that Philip? Max cuts farts in spacesuits!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA.

Posted by: Terrance at August 31, 2006 06:24 PM (Jb1EJ)

42 HA HA HA HA HA HA! Farting in space suits! Now that's what I call jet propulsion!

Hey Terrance, do you know what NASA stands for?

Posted by: Philip at August 31, 2006 06:26 PM (Jb1EJ)

43 I sure do Philip! It stands for "Need Air in Suit ASAP!". Because of all the farting!!! HAHAHHAHAHAH.

Posted by: Terrance at August 31, 2006 06:28 PM (Jb1EJ)

44 new ones or the old ones?

I know not of the "new ones" which you speak.

But I have the original HERCULOIDS, BIRDMAN, GALAXY TRIO, DINO BOY, SPACE GHOST, and JONNY QUEST.

Do you remember THE ROMAN HOLIDAYS or WAIT TIL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME?

How about THE INSPECTOR, MISTER JAW (Gotcha!), or the TIJUANA TOADS, or the ANT & THE AARDVARK?

Posted by: bartwing plover at August 31, 2006 06:31 PM (6UeUz)

45 Bart, you're starting to scare me, man.

Posted by: Dan Collins at August 31, 2006 06:37 PM (Rj0Is)

46 Ummm...how exactly precisely does one go about getting a copy of the original Herculoids?

I do remember The Roman Holidays, The Inspector, and the Ant & the Aardvark.

Do you remember The Impossibles? They cracked me up.

Posted by: geoff at August 31, 2006 06:38 PM (Id2DF)

47 Bugler, thanks for the link. Nice read.

Posted by: Dogstar at August 31, 2006 06:39 PM (Rz/5R)

48 Yep, I got a few of THE IMPOSSIBLES with the BANANA SPLITS.

how...does one go about getting a copy of the original Herculoids?

Well, they're not exactly original copies, per se. They are copies of the original. Stop asking questions.

Some of the old stuff has been officially released on DVD. But most of the old, obscure stuff such as THE HARDY BOYS, SKY HAWKS, FANTASTIC VOYAGE, THE JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH have not been officially released. But there are many collectors out there who trade bootleg copies.

Is it unethical? Technically, yes. But...

Posted by: bartwing plover at August 31, 2006 06:51 PM (6XMN/)

I saw the design for Orion, the new capsule that will take the place of the shuttle. It looks pretty cool- a throwback to Apollo, only bigger, badder and better.

This sort of Orion? If so, I think we can come up with some good launch sites for it...

Posted by: Cybrludite at August 31, 2006 07:21 PM (XFoEH)

50 Hooketh me up, I beg of you. At IB.

Posted by: geoff at August 31, 2006 07:29 PM (Id2DF)

51 What a downer -- I thought that was some sort of Paris Hilton article.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at August 31, 2006 07:48 PM (WxRQS)

52 Ant & the Aardvark - that was with the Pink Panther Show when I was a kid. If I recall correctly Aardvark was voiced by Jackie Mason. Great stuff! The cartoons kids get these days is just dreck.

Posted by: Enas Yorl at August 31, 2006 07:54 PM (5wPX8)

53

Some of them are kind of fun. Shaolin Showdown has some funny lines, as does Kim Possible. But mostly my kids watch older stuff (via Netflix) and anime.

Posted by: geoff at August 31, 2006 08:12 PM (Id2DF)

54 Geoff,

I'm not part of the IB crowd. You'll have to talk to Michael about getting hooked up with their blog.

My blogging is like my love life. Solo all the way, baby.

Posted by: Jack M. at August 31, 2006 08:36 PM (Jb1EJ)

55 geoff, email me. Michael has my email address.

Posted by: bartwing plover at August 31, 2006 08:36 PM (sXu3i)

56 I'm not part of the IB crowd. You'll have to talk to Michael about getting hooked up with their blog.

Thanks, but I'm as hooked up at IB as I care to be. I was talking to bartwing about an info transfer.

I shall indeed go through Michael.

Posted by: geoff at August 31, 2006 08:40 PM (Id2DF)

57 Enas, I heard that Jackie Mason was supposed to be the voice of Aaardvark, but didn't take the job. So they hired a guy (John Byner) to do Aardvark...in Jackie Mason's voice.

Posted by: Bart at August 31, 2006 08:44 PM (sXu3i)

58 What? You don't like Harvey Birdman (attorney at law)? I get a big laugh at the way they recycle all the old Hanna Barbera characters on the Cartoon Network.

Posted by: Mr. Matamoros at August 31, 2006 09:13 PM (FODlD)

59 Uranus is mostly gas.

Posted by: Barry at September 01, 2006 04:04 AM (QrzWy)

60 "How about THE INSPECTOR, MISTER JAW (Gotcha!), or the TIJUANA TOADS, or the ANT & THE AARDVARK?"

Wasn't that the Texas Toads, Fatso and Banjo, with Crazy Legs Crane after them?

Whoa, these 70's cartoon flashbacks...when Ace in a blog entry mentioned the Sleestacks, I knew I'd be reading this blog every day at work from then on.

He neglected to mention "Chaka" however.

Posted by: Nick Byram at September 01, 2006 05:38 AM (G556X)

61 Heh..I'm not so big on most of the old Hannah Barberra. As a kid I loved the Great Race type cartoons.

Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, now that's some quality entertainment.

Posted by: Entropy at September 01, 2006 05:43 AM (m6c4H)

62 Nothing compares to my old cartoons, but maybe that's just me. I ever get kids I'm gonna have to pick up DVD's of HeMan, Voltron, Thundercats, GI Joe, ect.

Those were some great friggin cartoons.

Pokemon? WTF is this crap? It ain't no HeMan, that's for sure.

Posted by: Entropy at September 01, 2006 05:50 AM (m6c4H)

63 THE HERCULOIDS lived on the planet QUASAR and SPACE GHOST was on the GHOST PLANET while SPECTRA was where the GREAT SPIRIT from BATTLE OF THE PLANETS resided and on MIGHTY ORBOTS the planet EVILON was the most dangerous planets in the universe

Posted by: spurwing plover at September 01, 2006 05:53 AM (1mdPR)

64 on MIGHTY ORBOTS the planet EVILON was the most dangerous planets in the universe

Still is.

Posted by: Dan Collins at September 01, 2006 06:06 AM (Ouds1)

65 I"m told you gotta pay extra at the Mustang Ranch to get Uranus eclipsed.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at September 01, 2006 11:41 AM (WxRQS)

66 BIRDMAN had that big blue eagle AVENGER how did he get blue?

Posted by: spurwing plover at September 01, 2006 01:40 PM (gJhPg)

67 BIRDMAN also had BIRDBOY.

Posted by: bartwing plover at September 01, 2006 01:42 PM (i7qtt)

68 TIJUANA TOADS were later renamed TEXAS TOADS. The Mexican characters, Pancho and El Toro, were renamed Fatso and Banjo.

I guess they thought it was too un-PC, or sterotypical, to have lazy Mexican frogs on television. And you'll never see SPEEDY GONZALES on television, again.

Posted by: bartwing plover at September 01, 2006 01:55 PM (i7qtt)

69 Can you remember the FRITO BANDITO? or THE NOID and the TEXAS TOADS there was CRAZY LEGS CRANE who was always wanting to eat them but he was poor at landing

Posted by: spurwing plover at September 02, 2006 03:01 PM (gJhPg)

70 Remember the ant in the Ant & the Aaardvark that sounded like Dean Martin?

Posted by: bartwing plover at September 02, 2006 03:04 PM (WFR/d)

71 Can you remember ATOM ANT? he had his own mail box

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72 POKEMON never ever hit a SPEAROW in the head with a rock it get them real mad and then a whole bunch of spearow come after you

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