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Uranus Astr.|ˈjʊərənəs, jʊˈreɪnəs|
[a. L. Ūranus, a. Gr. οὐρανός husband of Gæa (Earth) and father of Cronos (Saturn).]
The most remote but two of the planets, situated between Saturn and Neptune.
Discovered in 1781 by Sir Wm. Herschel, who named it ‘the Georgium sidus’, ‘the Georgian planet’. The name Uranus was first proposed by Bode, in conformity with other planetary names from classical mythology.
1802O. Gregory Treat. Astron. 128 By some astronomers it is called Herschel, in honour of the discoverer; though among almost all foreigners, it has acquired the name of uranius [sic], which it is likely to retain. 1822Encycl. Metrop. (1845) III. 498/1 Both these appellations are, however, now nearly become extinct, that of Uranus being almost universally adopted. 1860Olmsted Mech. Heavens 267 Uranus was the remotest known planet.., until the discovery of..Neptune. |