sag@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years agoUranus is so big!!telegra.phimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1615arrow-down115
arrow-up1600arrow-down1imageUranus is so big!!telegra.phsag@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareMr Fish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years agoI honestly don’t know which name is better: Uranus or George. Yes, the guy who discovered the planet wanted to name it after King George, but everyone said that was too political, so it was called Uranus.
minus-squareMarxism-Fennekinism@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 years agoSeeing how Uranus is a Greek in origin named after one of their mythological figures, the proper Greek pronounciation would be more like “Ooranos”
minus-squareKeith@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoIt would probably have been Georgia or some derivative of George.
I honestly don’t know which name is better: Uranus or George.
Yes, the guy who discovered the planet wanted to name it after King George, but everyone said that was too political, so it was called Uranus.
Seeing how Uranus is a Greek in origin named after one of their mythological figures, the proper Greek pronounciation would be more like “Ooranos”
It would probably have been Georgia or some derivative of George.