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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > RSF: The Great Space Space > Uranus Respect Thread
 
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Shwoo
Jul 21, 2011

 Its discoverer, William Herschel, wanted to name it George, after King George III of Britain, but the other Europeans didn't like that. I prefer to believe that the name Uranus was proposed to mess with English-speakers as retribution.

George.

Well, Georgium Sidus.

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > RSF: The Great Space Space > Uranus Respect Thread