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To: Nateman

I’m just here for the comments on your post...


11 posted on 08/27/2024 1:04:10 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

I’m disappointed that you think people will only come here to make jokes about
Uranus.

Butt, that does sometimes happen.


13 posted on 08/27/2024 1:11:15 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: grey_whiskers

With both the Moon and Uranus involved how can the humor be avoided? The man who discovered it, William Herschel first called it Georgium Sidus (or “George’s Star”) after the then-King George III. However, arguments about the name persisted, not least because it wasn’t a star.

In the end, the name Uranus was adopted, being the father of Saturn, and Saturn in turn the father of Jupiter in Roman mythology.


14 posted on 08/27/2024 1:20:13 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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