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.
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".
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.
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People doing important research on Uranus certainly hear a lot of jokes.
No, it’s always the same joke, in a thousand variations on a theme.
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".
Or it should be called Caelus to be consistent with Roman names
We could always go back to calling it George, like Herschel initially did.
Consistency is the hobgoblin of minor planets
It was a meta-joke, sorry everyone.
I thought they renamed it Urectum?