To: crusty old prospector
“They changed the name from Uranus to end that stupid joke once and for all.
“What’d they change it to?”
“Urectum.”
21 posted on
08/18/2023 3:27:55 PM PDT by
Clay Moore
(My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch)
To: Clay Moore
Originally, John Herschel named it Georgium Sidus, or George's Star, after George III. The international astronomy community objected, and gave it its present name, despite warnings about what the name sounded like in English.
42 posted on
08/19/2023 6:39:29 AM PDT by
jmcenanly
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