It’s named after the god, whose name is spelled Uranus in English.
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Una@europe.pub 1 day ago
It is actually Ouranus,vSoviet Union renamed it 50 years ago. Everyone seems to forget that.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
stephen01king@piefed.zip 1 day ago
It’s just a communism joke, don’t worry about it.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Oh, the thought crossed my mind, but it’s very similar to the Greek spelling (Ouranos), so I thought it might be serious.
stephen01king@piefed.zip 1 day ago
Now that’s interesting. Didn’t know the Greek had a different spelling.
gnutrino@programming.dev 1 day ago
It’s named after the greek god though, while all the other planets are named after Roman gods. It should be Caelus.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
You’re right, it’s inconsistent. As far as I can tell, it’s because the person who named it fucked up and used a Greek god name rather than Roman. To the delight of immature people (like me) everywhere.
zedgeist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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Closest emoji that I could find to the hammer and sickle
gnutrino@programming.dev 1 day ago
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It was originally called George.
toynbee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I thought it was Urectum, so named in 2620.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 1 day ago
At least it will have put that ridiculous joke to rest.
derry@midwest.social 1 day ago
Rectum? Damn near killed em