The anomalous state of Uranus's magnetosphere during the Voyager 2 flyby

[Hooke]

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02389-3

[mturmon]

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.

[hashtag-til → ramonverse]

People doing important research on Uranus certainly hear a lot of jokes.

[labster → hashtag-til]

No, it’s always the same joke, in a thousand variations on a theme.

[gambiting → labster]

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".

[fstarship → gambiting]

Or it should be called Caelus to be consistent with Roman names

[verzali → fstarship]

We could always go back to calling it George, like Herschel initially did.

[labster → fstarship]

Consistency is the hobgoblin of minor planets

[hashtag-til → labster]

It was a meta-joke, sorry everyone.

[chgs → hashtag-til]

I thought they renamed it Urectum?