There's only one thing that could do that to an Ice Giant.Jokes aside i have always found this to be one of the more fascinating stories of our solar system. Something big enough to knock an ice giant on its side, but not destroy it. I can't even imagine what that must have looked like.
Between this story, the migration of Jupiter, the impact theory, and the mystery of Sedna I wish I had the power to go back and watch this stuff happen in real time.
Yes. That's the giant impact theory. One of the many theories on how we got our moon.Didn't the same thing (supposedly) happen to Earth? Hit by something big, got all fucked up, tilted it, and we also got the Moon as a result?
Curious to hear about how the unusual rotation would affect day cycles etc
I'm always down to talk astronomy. Do we have an astronomy thread?I thought to myself, "wow, that's really cool! And it's getting a lot of Era to talk about astronomy!"
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Butt jokes.
That was your mistake.I thought to myself, "wow, that's really cool! And it's getting a lot of Era to talk about astronomy!"
Entered thread.
Butt jokes.
I'm always down to talk astronomy. Do we have an astronomy thread?
Something absolutely huge slammed into Uranus when it was still young
Something absolutely huge slammed into Uranus when it was still young, causing it to tilt dramatically and spin on its side.
Something absolutely huge slammed into Uranus when it was still young, causing it to tilt dramatically and spin on its side.
Should change the name of this planet to avoid this
Urectum would be good
(one of my favorite futurama moments)
Cthulu was prepared to take over the earth.
he wasn't prepared for....
Uranus.
now he's forever trapped in....
Uranus.
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I'll let myself out
"Something absolutely huge slammed into Uranus when it was still young, causing it to tilt dramatically and spin on its side."
incredible
I really hope it lubed up.
I would really like a conclusive answer or theory about Uranus's rings.
Well, at least it didn't fully prolapse. But yea, impact was hard enough to change which way it swings forever.
So Harvey Weinstein is not the biggest sexual predator in the solar system after all?
That was back when Uranus was in college. I'm not gonna judge.
I mean, it's fine though, Uranus is absolutely huge, it can take this sort of pounding.
If there isn't I would be down with making one or having someone who is better at OTs make one.
I'm always down to talk astronomy. Do we have an astronomy thread?
I'm always down to talk astronomy. Do we have an astronomy thread?
Reminder that if space wanted to kill us at any time we're fucked
Yeah once I learned about Gamma Ray Bursts and the likelihood of a comet/asteroid as a kid space became fucking scary.Reminder that if space wanted to kill us at any time we're fucked
Yeah once I learned about Gamma Ray Bursts and the likelihood of a comet/asteroid as a kid space became fucking scary.