Posted on 03/13/2019 10:55:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The first recorded instance of Uranus being spotted in the night sky is believed to date back to Classical Antiquity. During the 2nd century BCE, Hipparchos - the Greek astronomer, mathematician and founder of trigonometry - apparently recorded the planet as a star in his star catalogue (completed in 129 BCE). This catalog was later incorporated into Ptolemy's Almagest, which became the definitive source for Islamic astronomers and for scholars in Medieval Europe for over one-thousand years... This included English astronomer John Flamsteed, who in 1690 observed the star on six occasions and catalogued it as a star in the Taurus constellation (34 Tauri). During the mid-18th century, French astronomer Pierre Lemonnier made twelve recorded sightings, and also recorded it as being a star... While Herschel would continue to maintain that what he observed was a comet, his "discovery" stimulated debate in the astronomical community about what Uranus was. In time, astronomers like Johann Elert Bode would conclude that it was a planet, based on its nearly-circular orbit. By 1783, Herschel himself acknowledged that it was a planet to the Royal Society... As he lived in England, Herschel originally wanted to name Uranus after his patron, King George III. Specifically, he wanted to call it Georgium Sidus (Latin for "George's Star"), or the Georgian Planet. Although this was a popular name in Britain, the international astronomy community didn't think much of it, and wanted to follow the historical precedent of naming the planets after ancient Greek and Roman gods. Consistent with this, Bode proposed the name Uranus in a 1782 treatise.
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And NO, the planet isn't called UR-eness, that was some stupid fiction pushed by the left wing imbecile Carl Sagan. The name comes from Greek myth, and the Greeks punch the second syl-LA-ble. I'm glad we had this talk.
Uranus is officially the weirdest planet in our solar system
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It’s not pronounced urine-us?
Are we really doing this?
This thread will grow legs and go places not intended. Too much opportunity.
Damn, I thought it was Barney Frank.
Charmin discovered Uranus
“Greeks punch the second syl-LA-ble”
Apparently, they also got to tag Uranus.
Kush
I hate myself for this, but AOC was caused by the dust off Uranus.
When I see BCE I stop reading.
Looks like it's started already.
Mmm? Doin’ what? ;^)
What Color is Uranus?
Posted on September 30, 2008
https://www.universetoday.com/18867/color-of-uranus/
It was during the Mercury program.
Why is Uranus on its Side?
Posted on August 5, 2016
February 22, 2017 by Fraser Cain
https://www.universetoday.com/130175/why-is-uranus-on-its-side/
New Insights Into What Might Have Smashed Uranus Over Onto its Side
Posted on July 10, 2018 by Matt Williams
https://www.universetoday.com/139578/new-insights-into-what-might-have-smashed-uranus-over-onto-its-side/
Something Twice the Size of Earth Slammed into Uranus and Knocked it Over on its Side
Posted on December 28, 2018 by Evan Gough
https://www.universetoday.com/140983/something-twice-the-size-of-earth-slammed-into-uranus-and-knocked-it-over-on-its-side/
What a coincidence, I got a colonoscopy today! They gave me a whole report about Uranus.
I discovered mine. Think I was about 2.
Whoever first sat on a cucumber and his friends said “that thing went up youranus”. To which he replied, that sounds like a good name for the next planet we discover, and the rest is history. /sarc. It’s late at night and I don’t think I won the lottery.
If you want to make a group of otherwise intelligent, mature adults sound like naughty 6 year olds, just start a discussion of planet Uranus on the internet :)
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