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To: C19fan
The name isn't Herschel's fault. He wanted to call the planet Georgium Sidus in honor of King George III.

I've seen the planet Uranus through a telescope. I'm not flying all the way to the UK to see it again.

47 posted on 10/26/2018 1:40:15 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

The name isn’t Herschel’s fault. He wanted to call the planet Georgium Sidus in honor of King George III.

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That would have been even weirder. All the planets would be named for Roman gods, and then there’s the planet George.


65 posted on 10/26/2018 1:59:10 PM PDT by Flick Lives
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