I still think it was intentional. Why do all the planets have names from the Roman pantheon except for one? And why that spelling? The alternate Greek name is Ouranos, which doesn’t lend itself to a never ending source of scatological jokes.
Ouranos has the emphasis on the second (to last) syllable, so Uranus is correctly pronounced that way. Some uptight nitwit tried to pass YER uh nus as the correct way, but it isn’t and it’s stupid when people claim that it is.
Ouranos has the emphasis on the second (to last) syllable, so Uranus is correctly pronounced that way. Some uptight nitwit tried to pass YER uh nus as the correct way, but it isn’t and it’s stupid when people claim that it is.