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How Did Uranus Get its Name?
Universe Today ^
| 20 Mar , 2017
| Fraser Cain
Posted on 03/20/2017 5:03:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Consider the discovery of Uranus. While this planet had been viewed on many occasions by astronomers in the past, it was only with the birth of modern astronomy that its true nature came to be understood. And with William Herschels discovery in the 18th century, the planet would come to be officially named and added to the list of known Solar Planets.
The first recorded instance of Uranus being spotted in the night sky is believed to date back to the 2nd century [sic] BCE. At this time, 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 Ptolemys Almagest, which became the definitive source for Islamic astronomers and for scholars in Medieval Europe for over one-thousand years.
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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. It was not until March 13th, 1781, when William Herschel observed it from his garden house in Bath, that Uranus true nature began to be revealed.
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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: uranus; youranus
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To: Billthedrill
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posted on
03/20/2017 5:23:56 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/20/2017 5:27:35 PM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
(Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
To: central_va
What does the star ship Enterprise and toilet paper have in common? They both go into deep space? And they come back with dark matter? Of course, some would think they go where no man has gone before, but that was before we were made aware of LGBT agendas.
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posted on
03/20/2017 5:28:44 PM PDT
by
roadcat
To: BenLurkin
Uranus should be the name of a brown planet and not a blue one.
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posted on
03/20/2017 5:29:48 PM PDT
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central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: central_va
What is the difference between bathroom curtains and toilet paper?
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posted on
03/20/2017 5:30:21 PM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
(Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
To: roadcat
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posted on
03/20/2017 5:30:29 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/20/2017 5:33:19 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
To: BenLurkin
“March 13th, 1781, when William Herschel observed it from his garden house in Bath,”
Garden house in Bath beats observing Uranus in a bath house in Garden...
To: soycd
...and he lives next door to my cousin Hop Sang.
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posted on
03/20/2017 5:35:12 PM PDT
by
BBB333
(The power of TRUMP compels you!)
To: SkyDancer
And its pronounced You-Rain-Us That's how I and everyone I know pronounces it, despite National Public Radio commentators insisting that it's pronounced "urine-us."
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posted on
03/20/2017 5:37:53 PM PDT
by
Rufii
To: BreitbartSentMe
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posted on
03/20/2017 5:39:36 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both)
To: SkyDancer
Actually the “correct” pronunciation is Ur’ an us, not Ur an’ us. But since every school teacher I ever had pronounced it the second way, that is how I (and probably all of you) said it. Both are pretty much accepted, but the pros use the first.
Uranus was the Greek god of the heavens, father of Saturn.
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03/20/2017 5:41:03 PM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/20/2017 5:42:24 PM PDT
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rsobin
To: soycd
Yeah. Distant cousin of I.P. Freely, who lives down by the Yellow River...
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03/20/2017 5:43:29 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: SkyDancer
Large floor mosaic from a Roman villa in Sassoferrato, Italy....
Aion (Uranus), the god of eternity, stands
above Tellus (Gaia) and her four children (the seasons).
Credit: Wikipedia Commons/Bibi Saint-Poi
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posted on
03/20/2017 5:44:09 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both)
To: BenLurkin
Should have named it Caelus if they were going to keep the Roman pantheon tradition going.
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posted on
03/20/2017 5:46:31 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
To: BenLurkin
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03/20/2017 5:48:55 PM PDT
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ETL
(Trump admin apparently playing "good cop, bad cop" with thug Putin (see my FR Home page))
To: BenLurkin
Mine is “Brother-in-Law.”
Self-explanatory.
To: BenLurkin
The Taint was already taken?
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posted on
03/20/2017 5:53:28 PM PDT
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CARTOUCHE
(Deep State has a tap root.)
To: SkyDancer
Since theyre all named after Greek gods I suppose it was natural to do so?
The other planets are named after Roman gods (and Saturn the Titan), not their Greek equivalents. Uranus was the Greek god of the sky, as I remember - the father of Kronos and the grandfather of Zeus. They might have named it after Minerva.
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