Yeah but... Uranus rotates on it's side. Uranus is blue. Uranus smells like rotten eggs. Uranus is mostly methane. Think of how much fun a planet report can be.
FRY: This is a great, as long as you don't make me smell Uranus. Heh heh. LEELA: I don't get it. PROFESSOR FARNSWORTH: I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all. FRY: Oh. What's it called now? PROFESSOR FARNSWORTH: Urectum.
"Like it's green brother, Neptune..." 6:40 "Who the F is Hank?" "Hank is the outermost planet in the solar system, with an atmosphere of primarily hydrogen, helium, and methane. Hank is the guardian of the solar system's nether regions."
***** just FYI... hydrogen sulphide doesn't stink when in high concentrations. it is also chemically very similar to molecular oxygen, so in high concentrations (when it is odourless), it can suffocate you by replacing oxygen in your bloodstream. this happens sometimes to workers in leaky sewer lines.
It's still weird that they called it Uranus, considering that that's the Greek name. The roman name is Caelus. So many shitty jokes we could have avoided if they just stuck with the Roman nomenclature...
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Well that's what happens when you pause, look them in the eye, and whisper "your anus" at a frequency only the two of you can hear, and then you start wiggling your eyebrows and inching closer and closer to him, and right when he starts feeling really uncomfortable you squeal like an orc that just crawled out from Sauron's bunghole and rip off your shirt and start chasing him around the room howling like a panicked baboon
+WankersCramp69 It's probably very hard for anybody to have an intelligent conversation with you when you call your RU-vid profile "WankersCramp69" #JustSaying
I love crash course, and have watched literally every video on the channel. But the topic in this particular run is very interesting, and i look forward to these episodes every week. Thanks guys.
"In true brown-nosing style..." 1:08 "...hairy edge of visibility." 1:27 I'm not part of this Ur-anus crowd, but I couldn't help but notice those hah. I prefer to call the plant U-rah-nis.
+PMW3 It's a natural response from the 13 year old minds. They haven't yet learned proper behavior. Those are the same people who can't keep their mouths shut in the movie theaters.
Uranus should be prounounced: Ooranos. That is the greek pronounciation, where the o is much more flat than what english speaker are normaly used to. Go to google translate, change to from greek to english and write down "Ουρανός" or "ό" then listen to how it should be pronounciated.
No, Herschel named the planet Caelus (Roman). Then Bode suggested it be changed to its Greek equivalent, Ouranus. Then it was changed to its Latin form, Uranus.
William Tannery This isn't "Crash Course Planets." Pluto is an astronomical object and well-known enough that an episode on it wouldn't be absurd. I expect it'll be used as an example of dwarf planets, though.
William Tannery Only because of arbitrary scientific decisions made to classify objects. Sure, it's fine to say it's not a planet, but in general conversation it really isn't a huge deal to call it one. After all, it used to be considered one, before the bigheads decided that it didn't need to be anymore. Also, he used "its" correctly. For ownership (its) for contraction "it is" (it's). I know it seems backward, but that's really how to use it.
I've have watched all of your videos! You do such a wonderful job conveying so much information in a concise and entertaining way! Please keep doing more!
Sorry to have not responded earlier. The Astronomy videos are funny and full of excellent information. The recap at the end of each episode is most helpful. Thanks and keep 'em coming!
Aw, I am dissapointed that we had Neptune and Uranus in one only chapter... Would have liked to know more about their moons and if there is any other relevant information regarding life or exploration... Also, by the way you guys talk about Pluto it would seem as though if Pluto will not have a chapter for his own... :( Ok now time to play kerbal space program!! :D
The reason is probably because we know so little about them. Voyager 2 is the ONLY probe that has visited the two ice Giants, and being flybys the data gathered would be limited to a quick glance, if you will
I feel both pronunciations of Uranus (urine-is/your-anus) are awful and the planet should be renamed Oranos. It doesn't help since the guy who advocated the name Uranus was German, and in German Uranus sounds like the original Oranos.
Alex Raffeo lotsa words get mashed up in english, especially american speakers who like to replace the 'ah' sounds with 'eh' or 'ay' sounds. in the romance languages (spanish, italian, french, etc), Uranus would be pronounced "oo-rah-noos".
Gregory Samuel Teo The Greeks pronounced it "oo-rah-nos" (not "oo-rah-noos"). The Latin word for it is Uranus, pronounced "oo-rah-noos", but they couldn't confuse it with "anus" because the syllables are "thrown" in a different "tempo". But anyway, the Romans knew of that Greek god Ouranos, whom they called Uranus, but they didn't worship him as much (if at all) as their own god of the sky, "Caelus". As for modern languages, planet then deity: English: "Uranus" / "Uranus" French: "Uranus" / "Uranus" German: "Uranos" / "Uranus" Italian: "Urano" / "Urano" Spanish: "Urano" / "Urano" In English, French and German, the "-us" part does sound like in "anus". But French don't make jokes about that. I'm not sure about Germans but I'm pretty sure they don't either. In English however you have to make an effort not to see that joke coming.
Great vid! Here's why Uranus is tilted: Another rocky planet with a moon (Triton) passed close enough to Uranus to tip it on its side. Gravity interaction with Uranus flung the visiting planet and moon outward where the planet collided with Neptune, causing Neptune to actually SWALLOW the planet, with the result that Triton continued to orbit Neptune in retrograde fashion. This not only explains Triton's nonstandard orbit, but also the fact that Neptune is warmer than Uranus, even though Uranus is closer to the sun.
9:00 Could you make an episode on gravitational capture? I feel like this topic is way deeper than this simple statement "captured by gravity" can convey. What kept Triton from leaving Neptune again after approaching it? Some force must have been there, and I would love an episode that explains all the different possibilities how that could happen :D
ruolbu when a gravity capture happens, the extra energy that would otherwise allow the satellite to escape get transferred to the planet, and it speeds up.
Ethen Sun Randomness Do you have a source for this, that explains it in more detail? I don't understand what interaction between bodies you are talking about.
Ethen Sun Randomness Well that's why I did not ask for an indepth explanation, youtube comments are usually a bad choice to explain complicated things due to their short nature. But if you are aware of a good website, blog, or other medium/source that explains the nature of this process, I would really like to read it.
ruolbu this would be your best bet unless you have university physics physics.stackexchange.com/questions/134819/how-can-a-planet-gravitationally-capture-objects
One thing why I really enjoy "Crash Course Astronomy" is the fascination and excitement Phil brings into the show. If just every teacher I had in school was this absorbent of my attention. This course is almost totally free of general opinions or opinion at all, except that astronomy is fascinating, which is in stark contrast to the shows by Hank Green, which are almost only composed of his opinion.
It is amazing how these planets were created. I have leanred so many about them and I want CrashCourse to continue making these simple but very understandable videos. Bravo CrashCourse
Two beautiful planets. National Geographic did phenomenal articles on each planet just after their respective visits by Voyager 2. They were exciting times only matched belatedly by New Horizons visit to Pluto
teknokryptik - They could call it "Ouranos" (with the accent on the "nos"), which is the correct Greek pronunciation (means sky), but it would probably cause a comedian's strike :)
Uranus was actually a Greek god. His Roman equivalent's name was Caelus. Why they didn't just name the planet after the Roman god, like all the other planets, instead of the Greek one, I don't know.
Herschel was the one who wanted to name the planet Caelus (Roman). But then Bode was the one who suggested it be changed to the Greek equivalent Ouranus. Then it got changed Latin to what we currently call it as Uranus. I actually prefer it that way, it’s the only planet to have it be named as Greek. It’s different than the others like the way it’s different in everything. Uranus is the silliest, but it’s the most memorable.
Beat me to it. With all the awesome stuff I've learned from this series, I'm surprised they messed up on that. But no one's perfect, I guess. Maybe we should start a petition and get it re-named to Caelus. People might make fun it even more at first, but it will phase out over time.
I'm a bit disappointed that you guys did them two in one episode and not in separate ones. I honestly think there was more to reveal about them and since they are less popular than the other planets, it would have been cool because more people would learn more about them and would hopefully appreciate them more. I hope they do with this video too. :)
I remember I saw Uranus when i was 7 i was looking at it through a telescope and it had a greenish tinge when I saw it I saw this where there was no light pollution
It's the crash course astronomy drinking game! Take a shot every time an unusual thing in space is thought to have been caused by something colliding with it.
This was my favorite video in the series so far. This is because I realized I knew nothing about these two planets except their names and colors. Thank you.
Uranus is actually colder than Neptune because like you said it’s hypothesize that an astroid hit Uranus causing the heat within the planet to be released
Thanks for the great video! Really glad that you mentioned Pluto as well. For some reason Neptune and Uranus creep me out, when I think about how dark they must really be. Really interesting to know that apparently Uranus smells terribly bad.
You missed one extremely important thing that makes Uranus and Neptune so special. They used to have entirely different orbits. Uranus used to be farther out than Neptune. They swapped orbital order. (see Steve Desch, ASU)
Uranus is honestly my favorite planet and now I love it even more. And no its not because if you mispronounce its name it sounds like "Your anus". I like it because of its unique rotation, its almost completely smooth surface (the visible atmosphere), the cyan color and its slightly visible rings. And now I know its theoretically rains diamonds there. Awesome.
Jean-Luc Maske-Stockdale do you think the weather on uranus is so bland because of its crazy axial tilt? since its orbit is really long, the seasons are also decades long, with little daily variation.
Jean-Luc Maske-Stockdale I've always felt a little affinity for it, myself. Probably has to do with the fact that my earliest scientific memory is of watching a Nova episode about it in the wake of the Voyager 2 flyby. (The internet tells me it aired Oct. 21, 1986; so, I would have been four at the time - just old enough to remember a bit.)
Wow thank you so much for this video. I really was wondering a lot about Uranus and Neptune and how they came To be. Thanks so much for educating me This video will come in handy one day :)
