Ancient Greek astronomers likely observed Uranus as a star, but limited tools and geocentric views kept them from recognizing ...

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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 ...

A year later, German astronomer Johann Bode suggested the winning name, Uranus, the Latin word for the Greek god Ouranos. He made quite a persuasive argument with two main points. First ...

Scientists really want to probe Uranus, according to the recently announced Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey. The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine gathered ...

Uranus' new moon, S/2023 U1 ... will be named after the Nereids — the daughters of the sea god Nereus from Greek mythology. The new moons were each spotted using ground-based telescopes ...

Even its name is unusual. Uranus is the only planet with a name derived from a Greek deity, rather than a Roman one. Correctly pronounced “YOOR-uh-nus,” it’s an homage to the Greek god ...