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26 Σεπ 2019 · It was given the name Uranus, after the Greek god of the sky Ouranos. It is the only planet whose name is derived directly from a figure of Greek mythology. The mean apparent magnitude of Uranus is 5.68 with a standard deviation of 0.17, making it near the limit of naked eye visibility.
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However, the name was discarded but Uranus ultimately led to...
- Neptune
7 Ιουλ 2023 · Uranus (officially pronounced yur-un-us) was the god of the sky in ancient Greece, but actually was not the first choice for the seventh planet’s name. The ice giant was discovered by...
The god Uranus gave his name to a planet, the first one discovered through a telescope. Uranus, with its featureless, blue-green disk, is the only planet to be named after a Greek and not a Roman god.
17 Ιαν 2017 · Instead, it got its official name from the Greek god of the sky, Uranus, who was both son and husband to Gaea, the goddess of Earth.
25 Μαΐ 2022 · Uranus or Ouranos is the literal personification of the sky and a primordial Greek deity. He also represents or is associated with the Roman god Caelus. To the ancient Greek people, the sky represented by Uranus appeared as a gigantic, immeasurable dome made of brass and bejeweled with thousands of stars.
9 Μαρ 2023 · Today, Uranus lives on as the moniker of the seventh planet from the sun. Discovered in 1781 by William Herschel, the planet was originally called Georgium Sidus, or “George’s Star,” in reference to King George III, Herschel’s sovereign.
Uranus was Father Sky, the Ancient Greek personification of the heavens and, for a while, the ruler of the known universe. Fatherless, he was conceived by Gaea alone, with whom he formed the primordial couple, thus becoming an ancestor of almost all Greek gods.
