Planet Uranus: Probing the Ice Giant

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  • @geographicstravel
    @geographicstravel  2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Get Surfshark VPN at surfshark.deals/geographics - Enter promo code GEOGRAPHICS for 83% off and 3 extra months for free!

    • @lollerich
      @lollerich 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Your toptenz channel got hacked. Did you actually fall for one of those Phishing links??

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is your channel hacked right now?? You're showing an offline live stream fundraiser with Elon Musk announcing a clearly bullshit crypto "merge",

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It says it's a fundraiser for "Ukraine" that's raised $5.4M so far.

    • @FaceEatingOwl
      @FaceEatingOwl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cosmographics

    • @victoriar3103
      @victoriar3103 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think there is some sort of scam going on in this channel too. I got a message from "geographics" saying they have a package for me, and to contact via telegram. Somehow I suspect not 🧐

  • @Cathmoytura
    @Cathmoytura 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1505

    In 1977 I entered in the fifth grade. The teacher had students break into self-formed teams to do reports on all the planets. Team Mercury, Team Venus and so on. I didn't want to be on any teams, and fortunately for me absolutely nobody wanted Uranus. I took it, and found out how little information was available about the planet. In frustration I wrote a letter to NASA to ask what they knew about Uranus. Somebody from NASA somehow got that letter and phoned and told me about how Uranus was the first planet we discovered with telescopes, the then recent discovery of the rings, the extreme tilt, the Voyager mission, and other stuff that was a fifth-grader's gold mine for a report. He also had someone from the Orlando Science Center, which I think was the (astronaut) John Young Museum and Planetarium at the time, meet with and give me a bunch of stuff. I was the only kid who had props for his planetary report. Since then Uranus has been my favorite planet. Well, besides Earth.

    • @joshuafrias2415
      @joshuafrias2415 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Man, I wish I was that lucky. My little brother is super into space now and he might get there sooner than I will.

    • @Cathmoytura
      @Cathmoytura 2 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      @@joshuafrias2415 I have few happy childhood memories, but that's one. There's some 1970s NASA mailroom employee who saw a child's letter and sent it to just the right person who'd actually care. Then that second NASA employee took the time to call a child, and to hook me up with a contact at the Orlando Science Center for more help. Then someone at the Orlando Science Center gathered things to give a child for my school report. When I think about what those people did for a child they'd never before met, I'm blown away.

    • @NikolasH937
      @NikolasH937 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      You legend.

    • @bjornodin
      @bjornodin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      That is really cool 😎

    • @lyndsayms
      @lyndsayms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This story is amazing! How cool

  • @TemporaryINTER135
    @TemporaryINTER135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    "We're Stardust Crusaders, riding a Golden Wind of rocket fuel past the Stone Ocean of our moon"
    "these Diamonds aren't Unbreakable"
    Damn, he probably doesn't really know what he's referencing, but his script writer is on point

    • @cozheadlol
      @cozheadlol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Absolutely impressed and surprised to hear like 4 different JoJo references in a video about Uranus

    • @RedXlV
      @RedXlV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      He probably knows.

    • @nathishvel5725
      @nathishvel5725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sorry, what is he referencing?

    • @RedXlV
      @RedXlV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@nathishvel5725 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

    • @MisakaMikotoDesu
      @MisakaMikotoDesu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@RedXlV nah, he doesn't watch anime even though his writers do.

  • @itsfonk
    @itsfonk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1045

    I imagine someone took a moment to consider titling this “Probing Uranus” but Simon said, “No! This is one of my *serious* channels.”

    • @SEAZNDragon
      @SEAZNDragon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Judging by the first few minutes he laughed as much as most of us and then asked to temp down the jokes so he could keep a straight face.

    • @TheBorderRyker
      @TheBorderRyker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      That was my first thought. I’m 55! What’s wrong with me?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @necko2529
      @necko2529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The subtitle in the thumbnail makes it all but impossible to not say it to yourself and get a chuckle out of it.

    • @stacyrussell460
      @stacyrussell460 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      NGL, my inner 12 year old giggled thru this video. I tried my best to watch & listen seriously 😂.

    • @carston101
      @carston101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thats one of the things I love about Simon's channels. Some of them are pretty serious and stay on topic throughout.
      And then you have channels like casual criminalist and blaze.

  • @theUglyGypsy
    @theUglyGypsy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    How many hours of outtakes of Simon laughing hysterically exist from this video alone?

    • @jamahlw
      @jamahlw ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was just thinking the same thing.

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB ปีที่แล้ว

      Lies again? Inspector General NASA UFC SILAT UEFA SW

    • @samaravadi3
      @samaravadi3 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      At least 3😊

  • @joeyr7294
    @joeyr7294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +610

    Lmao "gazed longingly at Uranus." Simon I know you had to fight back a smile with that one 😅

    • @craigg9742
      @craigg9742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      We need an outtakes video just with snippets from this one. lol.

    • @joeyr7294
      @joeyr7294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@craigg9742 seriously!!! Lol

    • @debwilli
      @debwilli 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Came here just for this! 🤣😂

    • @joeyr7294
      @joeyr7294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Jezus42 not gonna lie, I spit a lil beer out when he said it lol

    • @hayden2897
      @hayden2897 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😜👌

  • @hectorreyes5078
    @hectorreyes5078 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I swear, his scriptwriter knew what he was doing with the puns and innuendos. Went thru all the Geographics videos, and this is the one that made me smile the most

  • @willmfrank
    @willmfrank 2 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    Farnsworth: "We changed the name of that planet..."
    Fry: "What do you call it now?"
    Farnsworth: "Urectum."
    -- Futurama

  • @BradSchmor
    @BradSchmor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    You sort of glossed over the discovery of Neptune. I know this video is about Uranus, but it was Uranus that led to the discovery of Neptune. Astronomers noticed that Uranus' orbit was more wobbly than it should be and postulated that there must be another planet tugging on it. Intense calculations predicted where and when to look, and it was exactly where it was expected. Neptune remains the only planet discovered on paper, an incredible achievement in a pre-computer/calculator world.

  • @Rilenz13
    @Rilenz13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    "We're Stardust Crusaders, riding a Golden Wind of rocket fuel past the Stone Ocean of our moon"
    "these Diamonds aren't Unbreakable"
    Someone on the writing team is a JoJo's fan 👀

    • @casbalt7763
      @casbalt7763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Was waiting to see how they fit in battle tendency and phantom blood

    • @cockatooforge9565
      @cockatooforge9565 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      YES! YES! YES!

    • @MarloSoBalJr
      @MarloSoBalJr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Orah!!

    • @mechanicore1148
      @mechanicore1148 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That was the most epic Jojo quote across all his channels to date, and he writer should get a raise for this alone

    • @Caesarowicz
      @Caesarowicz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ド ド ド ド ド ド ド ド ド ド ド 
      ゴ ゴ ゴ ゴ ゴ ゴ ゴ ゴ ゴ ゴ ゴ

  • @khyrus5293
    @khyrus5293 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I remember in one of mass effects games, if you tried to probe uranus, EDI the ship ai would go "Really commander?".

    • @ulmwilliams57
      @ulmwilliams57 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I love how if you do it again she just sighs and then deadpans "Probing Uranus."

  • @302racing3
    @302racing3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +472

    Petition for Simon to make his 5000th channel Astrographics to expand his TH-cam empire

    • @lordnavjot5921
      @lordnavjot5921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I will sign that.

    • @DerptyDerptyDUM
      @DerptyDerptyDUM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      100%. ✊️

    • @ajar1900
      @ajar1900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Please do astrographics

    • @ajstevens1652
      @ajstevens1652 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That would quickly become my favourite channel after BB.

    • @keqing311
      @keqing311 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes i will signnn

  • @victoriaeads6126
    @victoriaeads6126 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Well done for mostly keeping a straight face throughout this one, Simon 😂

  • @DesertFernweh
    @DesertFernweh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +379

    Writers: Simon, which Uranus puns do you want to use
    Simon: All of them, GIVE ME ALL OF THEM!

    • @wulfbak
      @wulfbak 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We should probe Uranus.

    • @Redskies453
      @Redskies453 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      He clearly left out "scratching the surface of Uranus" at the start, so not all of them.

    • @eldonridpath3770
      @eldonridpath3770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Uranus ain't that spectacular

    • @dracoargentum9783
      @dracoargentum9783 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      [Gary Oldman] EVERYONE!!!

    • @kobra666au
      @kobra666au 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kylo Ren “MORE !!!”

  • @tonyzone8999
    @tonyzone8999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m so glad they are finally probing Uranus.

  • @harryhutcherson7177
    @harryhutcherson7177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    It made my day to learn about Uranus Simon. By exposing the inner mysteries of Uranus, you have inspired me to do some further probing of Uranus. Also, now I am so jealous of Voyager 2. That probe got closer to Uranus than I ever will!

    • @EvonneLindiwe
      @EvonneLindiwe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      🤣

    • @sawtooth808
      @sawtooth808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I wonder if the next Voyager craft will have a Hamster 🐹 or a Gerbil on it?

    • @AngryHistorian87
      @AngryHistorian87 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @nsob8897
      @nsob8897 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!...just layin them down as ya go! Well played...hahahaha

    • @nsob8897
      @nsob8897 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sawtooth808 aww hell man...that was great. Yes...I am a total child.

  • @joshwhite2764
    @joshwhite2764 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm sure the out-takes of this video are gold. Simon: we want them, we need them.

  • @falconmclenny7284
    @falconmclenny7284 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    You don't want us to giggle at it, but you drop lines like
    "Gaze lovingly at Uranus"
    Yeah I see you factboi

  • @parlainthtownie85
    @parlainthtownie85 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You ladies and gentleman did a good job on this one. If you would have done a 10-11 minute video on Uranus I would have skipped it. But I saw the runtime on this and thought "25 minutes is a long time to talk about a planet we know almost nothing about. He is going to talk about something I don't already know." And you guys did. Good job.

  • @MrHidePatten
    @MrHidePatten 2 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    “What might a future probe for Uranus look like?”
    Everybody smiles cheekily

    • @duncancurtis5971
      @duncancurtis5971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fnurr fnurr

    • @eldonridpath3770
      @eldonridpath3770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A thermometer

    • @Empr4evr
      @Empr4evr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A hamster

    • @zimriel
      @zimriel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      >cheekily
      i see what you did there

    • @chaospoet
      @chaospoet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It would have to be a really long probe so it can go deep into Uranus. Of course you'd want all the survey stuff in the front so it would have to be bigger than the rest of it with a 360 degree field of view while seeing in front and behind at the same time, so probably a mushroom shape front would be in order to achieve that.

  • @abrahamkline8812
    @abrahamkline8812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Prove why Uranus, really, is the most enticing destination of all."
    Comedy Gold!

  • @jasonritner9662
    @jasonritner9662 2 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    You know you're too deep into Simon's media empire when you can start recognizing specific editors by the memes they insert and their own comedic timing...

    • @Wreckz_Tea
      @Wreckz_Tea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Simons empire? You mean youtube?

    • @megancrager4397
      @megancrager4397 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I thought he had different writers, but just Jen for editing?

    • @DesertFernweh
      @DesertFernweh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      "Into the Simon-verse"

    • @rantanen1
      @rantanen1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@megancrager4397 No there's definitely several editors

    • @LisaAnn777
      @LisaAnn777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@Wreckz_TeaSimons TH-cam? You mean empire?

  • @funkydinosaur
    @funkydinosaur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Ah yes, entering the inner structure of Uranus is most assuredly when things "get weird"

  • @randodave
    @randodave 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I'm 48 years old and I giggled all the way through this.

  • @juliasong4403
    @juliasong4403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "why Uranus really is the most enticing destination of all" - he said, with a straight face

  • @iPsOfAcT0
    @iPsOfAcT0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1948

    Probing Uranus.

    • @nickschulte3915
      @nickschulte3915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Giggle

    • @BozowolfnHD
      @BozowolfnHD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Generally I try to avoid that.

    • @KEVMAN7987
      @KEVMAN7987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      If they hadn't said that I'd have been disappointed.

    • @ilajoie3
      @ilajoie3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Your comment deserves to be the top comment

    • @equesta
      @equesta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      Really, Commander?

  • @ExtremelyOCD
    @ExtremelyOCD 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "Why Uranus really is the most enticing destination of all" I had to pause it right there, I was laughing so hard 😂😂😂

  • @fugonee
    @fugonee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    6:07 This is the LAST place I would've expected to hear a reference to JOJO!!

  • @SissysMa
    @SissysMa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Simon, your emphasis on the scientist desire to probe Uranus almost made me chop my finger off with laughter while I was innocently chopping carrots 👀😂

  • @GeekmanCA
    @GeekmanCA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    Simon Whistler:
    - Classy British accent
    - Well-dressed
    - Well-groomed
    - Thoroughly-researched facts and insights
    - Literally twelve years old, apparently
    😁

    • @jue_boy4135
      @jue_boy4135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You should watch Brain Blaze

    • @Maver1ck911
      @Maver1ck911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      "Probing Uranus"

    • @NH_RSA__
      @NH_RSA__ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Any proctologist knows what a probe for Uranus looks like.

    • @NH_RSA__
      @NH_RSA__ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      4.2 billion dollars is just around half of the military equipment we gave to Afghanistan.

    • @bjornodin
      @bjornodin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Allegedly

  • @InfernalMonsoon
    @InfernalMonsoon ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The sheer amount of JoJo puns and references is so torturous, I love it.

  • @jwbrooks55
    @jwbrooks55 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    “Probing the ice giant”
    I feel like this was deliberate.

    • @PB-gk1vh
      @PB-gk1vh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They had the perfect title "Probing Uranus" right there, sitting on a silver platter, and nah...

    • @Plethorality
      @Plethorality 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PB-gk1vh fiortunately my dyslexia kicked in, and i read "probing Uranus".
      "uranis is lying on its,side" moons, rings...

  • @--_--IMP--_--
    @--_--IMP--_-- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Uranus truly is the gift that keeps on giving.

  • @Berengier817
    @Berengier817 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    5:45 "a closer look at Uranus"

  • @porcuspius858
    @porcuspius858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Having long since held an appreciation for the particular beauty of Uranus. I recall fondly the occasion when I aimed my telescope out of the window, gazed through it, only to be greeted by that most majestic of sights: Uranus, perfectly visible and shining brightly before me. No more wondrous a sight could I ever hope to imagine. I only regret that others couldn't also have been there that night; to share a view of Uranus, in all it's perfect beauty.

  • @myrskykeiju
    @myrskykeiju 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I choose to believe that they knew exactly what Uranus sounds like to English speakers and chose the name on purpose just to spite them after they had attempted to name it after a British king.
    I don't know how plausible this theory is but I believe in it because it's funny as heck

    • @zimriel
      @zimriel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      also... Germans.

    • @FloozieOne
      @FloozieOne ปีที่แล้ว

      That is a very plausible idea and one which is indeed funny as heck.

  • @chrisshorten4406
    @chrisshorten4406 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Uranus had always been my favourite planet: the color, its vertical ring, just made it such a gloriously bizarre planet.

  • @boggledegop
    @boggledegop 2 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    So is there going to be a blooper reel from this one? I can see that you had to recover from laughing a few times!

    • @andyv16012
      @andyv16012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Please Simon, we want a blopper reel

    • @bamacopeland4372
      @bamacopeland4372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Honestly I would like a blooper reel from all his channels.

    • @andyv16012
      @andyv16012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@bamacopeland4372 I've been asking. They insist Simon doesn't make mistakes 🤣

    • @RandimaDiMaria
      @RandimaDiMaria 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes pls

    • @bamacopeland4372
      @bamacopeland4372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@andyv16012 he definitely makes mistakes but I won't like blooper reels from all his channels mainly brain Blaze that be a perfect idea for a 24-hour Loop Channel

  • @AarGuz
    @AarGuz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I've been laughing my exoplanet off this entire video. It's a masterpiece of puns 🤣

  • @GodfishVEVO
    @GodfishVEVO 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    "Stardust Crusaders"
    "Golden Wind"
    "Diamond is Unbreakable"
    Factboi, whoever wrote your script knows what's up

    • @afm571
      @afm571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Wait... is that a JoJo reference?

    • @DynamicMenace3
      @DynamicMenace3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Missed Stone Ocean

  • @Zkasow
    @Zkasow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “Less likely than Meatloaf doing that for love” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @RGraw
    @RGraw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    I laughed through almost this whole thing. At one point, my wife told me to grow up.

    • @kenchesnut4425
      @kenchesnut4425 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Never grow up..lol

    • @newman653
      @newman653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Get rid of that nagging wife .

    • @CarrionCrow993
      @CarrionCrow993 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I hope Simon does a Biographics on Homo Erectus.

    • @vavra222
      @vavra222 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      All women act like spoiled kids lol, so thats rich coming from her.

    • @chaospoet
      @chaospoet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Tell her if you did she'd no longer be with the man she married and you will honor her choice in a marriage partner until your dying breath.

  • @papaburgundy71
    @papaburgundy71 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Uranus does incredible things under pressure.

  • @TheScrubExpress
    @TheScrubExpress 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    6:08 IS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE?! (I know Simon doesn't know a thing about anime, but his writer for this video certainly does)

  • @jandecoleman1
    @jandecoleman1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Even Uranus and Neptune being my 2 favorite planets. I still chuckle with all the puns, such as Simon saying, "Viewing Uranus in all its gassey glory." Even 46 years old and that planet makes me laugh like a grade school kid.

  • @stevewiles7132
    @stevewiles7132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "What is out mission for today sir?"
    "We are going to probe Uranus"
    "Er, yes sir".

    • @toddkurzbard
      @toddkurzbard ปีที่แล้ว

      "Buy me a drink first."

  • @adamloverin231
    @adamloverin231 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    8:00 Oh god oh god oh god. I can’t stop long enough to wipe off the tears. How many takes, Simon? You deserve a medal.

  • @fletch9702
    @fletch9702 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    We can't send a crewed mission to Uranus.
    I'm sure we can send a crude mission to Uranus though.

    • @toddkurzbard
      @toddkurzbard ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or we could at LEAST send a probe.

    • @Krypto_Knight_33
      @Krypto_Knight_33 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It would end up being a screwed mission for sure!

  • @timshulepov
    @timshulepov 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:58 -- thank you, Simon. You made the title of the video worthwhile. No false advertisement here. :)))))

  • @lardass9532
    @lardass9532 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Sneaky Simon tossing in those JoJo's references at 6:08

  • @jamesleduke873
    @jamesleduke873 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They should call any mission to Uranus "Charmin."

  • @TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoff55
    @TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoff55 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "Uranus is weird and no one knows why"
    "Uranus doesn't have a heat source...." a
    .... sensation comedy here lol

    • @Ni5ei
      @Ni5ei 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When you're 10 years old, yeah probably.

  • @cynwraeth1943
    @cynwraeth1943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "More unlikely than Meatloaf doing that for love" - wonder how many heads that reference flew over lol

  • @glennrugar554
    @glennrugar554 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Who rolls right on from an excellent Roman emperors series into an underrated Planets series complete with Uranus jokes? I mean seriously who does that?

  • @grahamcorr7644
    @grahamcorr7644 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'd love to see the blooper reel for this one!

  • @cypherbrittainnethegodofsl4988
    @cypherbrittainnethegodofsl4988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Fun fact, Uranus currently only has one prograde irregular moon called Margaret. And Margaret is arguably the most inclined natural satellite at 57 degree in prograde direction (or about 123 degree in retrograde) and has one of the most eccentric orbit among the moons in the solar system. In 2010, Margaret's orbit eccentricity is at around 0.8 (similar orbital eccentricity to Sedna), making it the most eccentric orbit in the solar system, although Nereid's mean eccentricity is greater.

    • @indigo8021
      @indigo8021 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      No idea what any of that means but fair play for letting us know 👍🏻

    • @Rich-fr2yv
      @Rich-fr2yv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Margaret would have to be pretty irregular to spend that much time around Uranus
      I'll see myself out

    • @Big_Tex
      @Big_Tex 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nerd alert

    • @indigo8021
      @indigo8021 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Big_Tex 🚨 clown alert 🚨

    • @PJF1981
      @PJF1981 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Another fun fact, I had an aunt called Margaret who held the British record for most pints downed in 10 minutes.

  • @deusexaethera
    @deusexaethera 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I swear to god, there's some kind of internet conspiracy to ensure that all discussions about the planet Uranus are described in terms of "probing".

  • @truegreen1
    @truegreen1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Uranus has a fuzzy borderless core. How in the hell am I not supposed to giggle through this entire episode?!!!

    • @truegreen1
      @truegreen1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Herschel was in Bath when he found Uranus. (Snickering)

  • @DerptyDerptyDUM
    @DerptyDerptyDUM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Pretty sure Morris has been waiting a loooooong time to use up these butt puns. 😄 He's been sprinkling them throughout the Astrographics videos for years.

  • @davewolfy7485
    @davewolfy7485 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video should go down in history as not only a terrificly informative episode, but also the ultimate library of Uranus puns. Well done, bravo! 🎉

  • @andyv16012
    @andyv16012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    "Probing Uranus", "Uranus and all its gassy glory", my inner 13 y/o is going crazy 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @deweyharmon4666
    @deweyharmon4666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Simon, appreciate your humor and your dedication in all you do friend!!

  • @robertmockerman6523
    @robertmockerman6523 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Simon should add a channel to his collection, and call it Galactic Geographics

    • @dripkidd8572
      @dripkidd8572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You're giving him too much power now

    • @sandyjamison5929
      @sandyjamison5929 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

    • @AceUzumazi
      @AceUzumazi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dripkidd8572 Another stone for his Infinity Gauntlet! Not like he doesn't have plenty already! XD

    • @AceSpadeThePikachu
      @AceSpadeThePikachu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Or "Cosmographics" for brand simplicity.

    • @robertmockerman6523
      @robertmockerman6523 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AceSpadeThePikachu I thought about brand simplicity, but It isn't any worse than The Casual Criminalist, Decoding the Unknown, or Into the Shadows

  • @MountainHomeJerrel
    @MountainHomeJerrel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Only ONE TH-cam channel has the guts to say the name of this planet the way it deserves to be said. I applaud you.

  • @skylar369
    @skylar369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Simon totally made a JoJo reference 😂
    “Stardust Crusaders, Golden Wind, and Stone Ocean.” Absolute legend!!!

  • @paulcockman930
    @paulcockman930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video Simon, informative, well researched and full of puns, it's got to be the funniest one on this channel so far. 😂

  • @RyanAumiller
    @RyanAumiller 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I was really hoping you would mention something about near rectilinear orbits around Uranus.

  • @Mikepun51
    @Mikepun51 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You missed, "Uranus is cold because it's where the sun doesn't shine."

  • @jake4615
    @jake4615 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Damn, Simon made at least 4 Jojo references

  • @eyespliced
    @eyespliced 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My absolute favorite joke in 4th grade was a *real* knee-slapper. It goes as follows; "What does the crew of the Enterprise and a roll of toilet paper have have in common? They both fly around Uranus wiping out clingons."

    • @nobody8328
      @nobody8328 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm 50 and giggling like a schoolgirl! 😆

    • @Doggy-B
      @Doggy-B 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      🤣

  • @Nefville
    @Nefville 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "Probing The Ice Giant" 😂😂🤣🤣thanks for that. It is one of my favorite planets, I just wish it had a different name, people seem to get so hung up on the name they miss how amazing it is.

    • @toddkurzbard
      @toddkurzbard 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I propose they rename it "Planet Butthole".

    • @t0neg0d
      @t0neg0d 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think Uranus is amazing. I love Uranus. I dream about Uranus nightly. I wish I could visit Uranus. Seriously, Uranus is fantastic. I'd love to fly a rocket right into Uranus.

  • @southwestphilomath807
    @southwestphilomath807 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for giving us a better look into how amazing Uranus is Simon 😂

  • @ShinHakumen
    @ShinHakumen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Just imagine scientists saying stuff like "We have to probe deep into Uranus in order to make new and exciting discoveries!"

  • @TheGhostGuitars
    @TheGhostGuitars 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am STILL to this day still amazed how Simon is able to pull off all those gags and joke lines without losing it. Only a few times he came close with a smile sneaking in. 😆 😁
    PS: I wonder how many takes did it took to complete this video? 😉😆😁

  • @toddkurzbard
    @toddkurzbard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have learned a lot about Uranus today
    Thank you, you've been a lovely audience, I'll be here all week.

  • @vsGoliath96
    @vsGoliath96 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "We're Stardust Crusaders, riding a Golden Wind of rocket fuel past the Stone Ocean of our moon"
    Waaaaaait a minute... is that a JoJo reference?!

  • @RobBulmahn
    @RobBulmahn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Quite fitting that, while watching this video, my bluetooth speaker momentarily cut out, causing Simon to say "ass giants."

  • @yeahyeah5976
    @yeahyeah5976 ปีที่แล้ว

    Uranus has a fuzzy core with indistinct boundaries wins. Bravo.

  • @GeographyCzar
    @GeographyCzar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Can we just take a moment to contemplate the fact that Science believes Uranus once got smashed by an object the size of Earth? 😆

    • @EvonneLindiwe
      @EvonneLindiwe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      🤣

    • @MarloSoBalJr
      @MarloSoBalJr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It was a grower not a shower

    • @Titanic_Tuna
      @Titanic_Tuna 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Basically what happens whenever you fall on your ass.

    • @jeffreystewart9809
      @jeffreystewart9809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And it STILL hasn't recovered. Its rolling around like its the celestial equivalent of a wheelchair. 🤣

  • @H3llboundHero
    @H3llboundHero 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Are you planning a video on Neptune? It was the only planet to be mathematically predicted. That alone is really cool but it has a lot of secrets that we still haven’t uncovered

  • @FlesHBoX
    @FlesHBoX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I can't wait until 2620 when astronomers will rename Uranus once and for all to end that stupid joke. Finally we will be able to talk about Urectum without people snickering!

    • @Neil070
      @Neil070 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Already done Brits now refer to "yer-ran-us" emphasis on the first syllable.
      Doesn't stop the jokes though

    • @wades623
      @wades623 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was a joke on Futurama so that wasn't really original

    • @FlesHBoX
      @FlesHBoX ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wades623 I'm shocked, SHOCKED!
      Well, not that shocked.

    • @BroadwayRonMexico
      @BroadwayRonMexico ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Neil070 It just ends up sounding like "urine-iss"

  • @reconsoldier135
    @reconsoldier135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    $4.2 billion is only a fraction of the defense budget, we could peel that off and the Department of “Defense” would barely notice it

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    1:30 - Chapter 1 - Behold & love this giant
    5:50 - Chapter 2 - Voyage inside uranus
    10:25 - Mid roll ads
    11:45 - Chapter 3 - Georges's star
    16:40 - Chapter 4 - Flying visit
    20:30 - Chapter 5 - Probing Uranus

    • @itsme3784
      @itsme3784 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you ❤

    • @hisafe
      @hisafe 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I loved chapter 5....

    • @CurtisL8.3066
      @CurtisL8.3066 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I feel like your titles could be 33% more cheeky

    • @_KRYMZN_
      @_KRYMZN_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You missed 9:04 - chapter 2.5 - Was that a JoJo’s reference??

    • @ignitionfrn2223
      @ignitionfrn2223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@_KRYMZN_ Or Chapter 69 - Going Down on Uranus

  • @scocon8658
    @scocon8658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I appreciate your efforts into seeing how much innuendo-heavy writing can be crammed ;) into one episode. I'm sure at least 3 people have already mentioned this, but "Georgium Sidus" sounds remarkably like "Georgie Inside Us."
    In Star Trek they knew there were a lot of Klingons near Uranus

  • @veevee247
    @veevee247 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I can't be the only one who noticed a significant number of JoJo references in this episode

  • @wallykimball8829
    @wallykimball8829 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember when they discovered the rings around Uranus. I was at the perfect age to just giggle every time I heard about it.

  • @evanwilliams8627
    @evanwilliams8627 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “I appreciate Uranus in all its gassy glory” would make an EXCELLENT T shirt!

  • @andrewsurowiec80
    @andrewsurowiec80 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never has any of your videos made me laugh this much before. Some of these lines were just super smooth

  • @jaytrace1006
    @jaytrace1006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Hey, everybody! Simon is going to tell stories about Uranus.

  • @antonnym214
    @antonnym214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Google informs me the diameter of Uranus is 31,518 miles. That's huge. I was surprised to learn Uranus has rings, as does Neptune. I have seen some good discussion on why Uranus is colder than Neptune, even though it is closer to the sun. It's because Neptune swallowed the planet Triton was originally orbiting. Triton still orbits that rocky planet, though now it is the core of Neptune. This explains why Triton orbits retrograde AND why Neptune has a hot interior. heat leftover from the collision. Nice reporting. All good wishes.

  • @Lucifurge
    @Lucifurge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    One day I can hear Uranus and not giggle 🤭
    Today sure as f isn't today 😂

  • @braedon1986
    @braedon1986 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This has always been my favorite planet. 👽🛸

  • @brent1268
    @brent1268 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm not sure why there's a bunch of JoJo references in this script but I do appreciate just as much as the butt jokes.

  • @Nyan_Kitty
    @Nyan_Kitty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Simon sure did have a lot of fun with this one 😂

  • @aPlateOfGrapes
    @aPlateOfGrapes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I can't believe Cassini was 20 years ago... seems like more recent history. I think the most depressing part of this is that even if it gets the green light, many who are excited about this won't be around to see the spacecraft reach Uranus.

  • @soumyabhattacharya1181
    @soumyabhattacharya1181 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "With the interior of Uranus suffering such extreme pressures, odd things start to happen."
    I believe you.

  • @hermdude
    @hermdude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm halfway through the video, and I'm absolutely certain that the writer's deliberately putting Jojo references here 😂

    • @MadHattedLion
      @MadHattedLion 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stardust Crusaders and Diamonds are Unbreakable. Definitely.

    • @jake4615
      @jake4615 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stardust Crusaders, Diamond Is Unbreakable, Golden Wind and Stone Ocean I noticed

  • @rayf8730
    @rayf8730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been to the Uranus Fudge Factory. It's in Missouri! 😊

  • @jaytraveller
    @jaytraveller 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    nice Jojo's references!
    I just want to see Simon watching Jojo's for the first time.

  • @phantomechelon3628
    @phantomechelon3628 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm guessing Simon wanted this to be titled "Probing Uranus" but those dastardly TH-cam algorithms would have demonetised the video. 😉
    Still, enjoyed this (mostly) serious look at Planet 7. I had no idea it really was this weird!