[Brett66]

Do you think a man will ever land on Uranus?

Sorry, I had to.

[perfect stranger]

No more Scotch for you tonight. LOL

[Gerasimov]

It IS a Graeco-Roman name,after all.

I shoulda guessed that the Greeks were somehow involved in naming Uranus.

[Lady Jag]

Ahem.

Uranus moons

[baltodog]

You probably won't believe this, but I swear:

I was talking to a girl at work about my telescope. Her name is Renee. I told her how Venus and Uranus appear to be close to each other.

We joked about the name of that planet.

[brityank]

Does Uranus have an aurora?

[DouglasKC]

I loved that episode of Star Trek where they went around Uranus wiping out Klingons.

[Charles Henrickson]

It IS a Graeco-Roman name, after all.

Yes, it is. And as one who has studied Latin and has taught Greek, I'll try to provide a little background.

The Greek word is transliterated, ouranos, and is pronounced, "oo-rah-NOS." The word means, "heaven" or "sky."

"Uranus" is a Latinized spelling of the Greek word. A Latin pronunciation would be "oo-RAH-nus."

In neither language would there be a "Y" sound at the start.

[Charles Henrickson]

BTW, is there a gaseous cloud around Uranus?

[ntnychik]

I looked and looked, but couldn't find Ben Stein anywhere on this thread!