a year 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.
a year ago
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a year ago
People doing important research on Uranus certainly hear a lot of jokes.
a year ago
No, it’s always the same joke, in a thousand variations on a theme.
a year 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".
a year ago
It was a meta-joke, sorry everyone.
a year ago
I thought they renamed it Urectum?