SagXD to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agoUranus is so big!!telegra.phimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1840arrow-down118
arrow-up1822arrow-down1imageUranus is so big!!telegra.phSagXD to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareMr Fish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·7 months 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-squareHiddenLayer5@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-27 months 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-squareMicromot@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoThat seems pretty similar to the german prnunciation
minus-squareKeithlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months 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”
That seems pretty similar to the german prnunciation
It would probably have been Georgia or some derivative of George.