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Who named the planet Uranus? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/dadjokes@lemmy.world
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[–] 21 points 1 month ago

Uranus is tired of being the butt of so many jokes.

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    [–] 11 points 1 month ago* (7 children)

    it was named after the greek deity of the sky. There was a bit of a debate in naming it. Here ya go.

    tl;dr: this is the guy.

    In a March 1782 treatise, Johann Elert Bode proposed Uranus, the Latinised version of the Greek god of the sky, Ouranos.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    So it is supposed to mean OUR anus, not YOUR anus :communist-flag:

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Thanks for the link to the naming controversy! Always entertaining

    Apparently the controversy survives

    In Hawaiian, its name is Heleʻekela, the Hawaiian rendering of the name 'Herschel'.

    Although more importantly it never occurred to me that different languages have different names. I guess I expected one name, and direct translations, but this makes sens

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    • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Klingons. They always hang around Uranus.

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    [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Someone who knows my anus very very well.

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