Uranus (as it was called commonly after 1850 or so) was named after the Greek sky deity Ouranos, the earliest of the lords of the heavens. It is the only planet to be named after a Greek god rather than a Roman one. Before the name was settled on, many names had been proposed...
Herschel named it "the Georgium Sidus" (the Georgian Planet) in honorof his 5、 patron, the infamous (to Americans) King George III of England; others called it "Herschel". The name "Uranus" was first proposed by Bode in conformity with the other planetary names from classical mythology ...
Uranus was the first planet to be discovered by an astronomer. Earlier sightings had been made—John Flamsteed first recorded it in 1690—but it had been cataloged as a star. William Herschel spotted Uranus on March 13, 1781, and named the planet Georgium Sidus for George III, the king ...
Uranus 天王星,天父 希腊神话第一代神王Ouranos, 天空,天父,通常认为来自PIE*uers, 下雨,词源同urine. 对应地母Gaia,词源同geology. 后用于命名1780年新发现的行星,即天王星。英文词源Uranus first planet discovered that was not known in ancient times, named for the god of Heaven, husband of Gaia, the ...
: "He [Ouranos (Uranus)] who once was mighty, swelling with insolence for every fight, he shall not even be named as having ever existed; and he [Kronos (Cronus)] who arose later, he has met his overthrower [Zeus] and is past and gone."...
were found by German-born astronomerWilliam Herschelin 1787. Herschel had discovered Uranus itself six years earlier inMarch 1781. Thenext two moons of Uranusto be discovered, Ariel and Umbriel, were spotted by English astronomer William Lassell in 1851. The next Uranus moon was not discovered ...
father of Jupiter. That's a little Greek and Roman mythology for ya'. Uranus is also the only planet named after a Greek god instead of a Roman god, like Saturn and Jupiter. So, contrary to popular belief, Uranus was not named after Uranium. It was Uranium that was named after Uranus...
The ancient Greeks only knew of five planets that they called wandering stars. In 1781, the first planet was discovered using a telescope. This newly found planet needed a name; therefore, was named Uranus. Uranus is the only planet whose name was derived from its Greek meaning rather than ...
The choice of Uranus was because Saturn was the father ofJupiterand so to follow on, Uranus is the father of the Greek God Saturn. The planet's name became the inspiration for the newly discovered element Uranium. Themoons of Uranus are named after characters from Shakespeare or Rape of the...
Instead, the planet was named for Uranus, after the Greek god of the sky. This makes sense because the other planets are also named after Gods. 7. Uranus is the only planet not named after a Roman God. All of the other planets in the solar system are named after Roman Gods except ...