Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site eagle.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!eagle!mjs From: mjs@eagle.UUCP (M.J.Shannon) Newsgroups: net.astro Subject: Re: StarDate: June 5 Uranus at Opposition Message-ID: <1265@eagle.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Jun-85 12:15:14 EDT Article-I.D.: eagle.1265 Posted: Thu Jun 13 12:15:14 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Jun-85 01:22:25 EDT References: <2619@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Summit, NJ Lines: 17 > >The planet Uranus is now orbiting the sun in the same plane as the > >Earth. More -- after this. > > Now **THAT'S** news!! Although it was the smallest, the plane of > Uranus' orbit was 46' 17" inclined frto the ecliptic. What a midcourse > correction! > > Steve Kallis, Jr. I believe the intent of the statement was that Uranus was crossing the Earth's orbital plane, which must obviously happen twice per Uranian year. Um, how about using a grain of common sense before sending your sarcasm across the net, eh? -- Marty Shannon UUCP: ihnp4!eagle!mjs Phone: +1 201 522 6063