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21 Απρ 2024 · German astronomer Johann Elert Bode proposed the name Uranus in March 1782. He argued that the name followed the mythology of the other planet names, as Uranus was the father of Saturn, similar to Saturn being the father of Jupiter. Exactly why Bode proposed the Latinized name Uranus over the Greek name for the god of the sky (Ouranus) is
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 British...
About seven decades after its discovery, consensus was reached that the planet be named after the Greek god Uranus (Ouranos), one of the Greek primordial deities. As of 2024, it had been visited up close only once when in 1986 the Voyager 2 probe flew by the planet. [24]
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.
17 Ιαν 2017 · Uranus was the first of three planets in our solar system discovered thanks to the invention of the telescope. In March 1781 British astronomer Sir William Herschel spotted the glinting object...
15 Μαρ 2021 · First thinking it a comet, Herschel later correctly identified it as a planet and wanted to name it after the monarch of his adopted United Kingdom. But astronomers decided to maintain the tradition of naming planets after mythological figures, and the seventh planet became known as Uranus.
26 Ιουλ 2023 · So we ended up with these Roman names after the Roman gods — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. If we keep on going outward, we have three more things that historically have been called planets. You have Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. These are Greek or Roman names.
