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To: telescope115
The Greek word ouranos means heaven or the sky, but also the god Ouranos, the father of the Titans. Uranus is the Latin spelling. So Uranometria makes sense as a set of charts of the sky.

Maybe we should just spell the planet's name Uranos.

31 posted on 02/07/2025 8:39:00 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus
Maybe we should just spell the planet's name Uranos.

I like that. It works for me.

32 posted on 02/07/2025 10:38:13 AM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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