# "Uranus takes a pounding . . ." **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2011, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387 "2011-12-16T05:58:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/1 "2011-12-16T05:58:28Z")
[“Uranus takes a pounding more frequently than thought.”](http://www.cosmostv.org/2011/10/uranus-takes-pounding-more-frequently.html) Damn, I don’t have any privacy . . . even in my own bedroom. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/2 "2011-12-16T06:40:17Z")
Uranus is huge and gassy, right? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/3 "2011-12-16T06:52:14Z")
Not only that, it’s tilted sideways. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/4 "2011-12-16T09:34:35Z")
And we won’t even mention the Klingons. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/5 "2011-12-16T09:45:27Z")
Ur-anus? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/6 "2011-12-16T10:12:40Z")
> [@brittekland](#): > > Ur-anus? Only until 2620. Then it will be Urectum. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/7 "2011-12-16T13:16:54Z")
Urectum? Judge, I nearly killed 'im… ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/8 "2011-12-16T14:31:30Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > [“Uranus takes a pounding more frequently than thought.”](http://www.cosmostv.org/2011/10/uranus-takes-pounding-more-frequently.html) > > Damn, I don’t have any privacy . . . even in my own bedroom. Of course not. NASA sent Voyager 2 to take lots of pictures of Uranus. ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/9 "2011-12-16T14:42:40Z")
Well, it only got pounded twice so I don’t think it tells us anything about its character or preferences. And as the article observes, this happened when it was much younger - “back in the tempestuous youth of the solar system, it was relatively common.” I think we all have one or two stories to tell about our own tempestuous youth. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/10 "2011-12-16T15:29:29Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > [“Uranus takes a pounding more frequently than thought.”](http://www.cosmostv.org/2011/10/uranus-takes-pounding-more-frequently.html) > > Damn, I don’t have any privacy . . . even in my own bedroom. All I know is I can see Uranus quite clearly tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/11 "2011-12-16T15:52:03Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > All I know is I can see Uranus quite clearly tonight. You can? No matter where I look, I can never get a good look at Uranus. It’s like it’s always hidden behind something. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/12 "2011-12-16T15:56:01Z")
Are there rings around Uranus? ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/13 "2011-12-16T15:58:41Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Of course not. NASA sent Voyager 2 to take lots of pictures of Uranus. Now, you can find them all over the internet, too. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/14 "2011-12-16T16:02:43Z")
Reading the article it looks like Uranus only got two big poundings during its younger days and nothing since. Maybe the dry spell will end someday. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/15 "2011-12-16T16:21:58Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > Reading the article it looks like Uranus only got two big poundings during its younger days and nothing since. Maybe the dry spell will end someday. College experimentation? ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/16 "2011-12-16T16:42:36Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > College experimentation? Yeah. Sure. I think we can go with that. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/17 "2011-12-16T16:57:27Z")
How many times has NASA probed Uranus? How many men were involved? What kind of equipment did they use? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/18 "2011-12-16T17:28:37Z")
Did Uranus give consent? Has anyone even spoken to Uranus? Won’t somebody think of Uranus? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/19 "2011-12-16T20:25:17Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > And we won’t even mention the Klingons. Captain’s Log: Stardate 3162.7. The Enterprise has received emergency orders from Starfleet Command regarding a Klingon invasion of Earth’s solar system. Under the codename “Operation T.P.,” our mission is to travel to the seventh planet from the sun and engage the invading force. Therefore, I have given instructions to the crew to circle Uranus and…WIPE OUT THE KLINGONS! ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387/20 "2011-12-16T20:47:25Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Captain’s Log: Stardate 3162.7. The Enterprise has received emergency orders from Starfleet Command regarding a Klingon invasion of Earth’s solar system. Under the codename “Operation T.P.,” our mission is to travel to the seventh planet from the sun and engage the invading force. Therefore, I have given instructions to the crew to circle Uranus and…WIPE OUT THE KLINGONS! vavlI’ quv Say’moHmeH nuj bIQ vIlo’chugh, nuj bIQ vIlammoH [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-takes-a-pounding/606387.md?page=2)