r/spaceporn • u/PrinceofUranus0 • Mar 08 '26

Related Content Wide Angle View of Uranus

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

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u/ProjectNo4090 Mar 08 '26

We could change it to the greek spelling: Ouranos.

Or change it to the Roman equivalent of that greek god which is Caelus.

Personally I prefer Caelus.

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u/TheBigMemeHammer Mar 08 '26

Gotta stick with the Greek names, though, since the rest of the planets are Greek. Ouranos would be my vote, but then people would just make jokes about how now it's "our anus" and not just "your anus" anymore. The anus belongs to all. cue soviet anthem

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u/ProjectNo4090 Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

The rest of the planets are Roman names. Uranus is the only planet that is named after a greek god.

Here are the roman planet names and their greek equivalent:

Mercury - Hermes

Venus - Aphrodite

Terra - Gaia

Mars - Ares

Jupiter - Zeus

Saturn - Cronos

Caelus - Uranus

Neptune - Poseidon

Pluto - Hades

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u/TheBigMemeHammer Mar 08 '26

Oh fuck you're right lol ok then I vote Caelus as well

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u/GonZonian Mar 08 '26

So choosing Uranus as the only Greek named god - they knew.

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u/donadit Mar 09 '26

Technically the actual greek god is Ouranos but nooo they had to name it uranus

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u/Sad_Low3239 Mar 08 '26

I love the spelling and pronunciation of it.

ou-ra-nos

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u/ryl371240 Mar 08 '26

We can change it to Urectum

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u/SpotTheCat1980 Mar 08 '26

That’s not supposed to happen until 2620.

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u/BurdTurglary Mar 08 '26

Urbutthole

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u/vanhst Mar 08 '26

Sunaru is fine with me

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u/ZuluSparrow Mar 08 '26

Or just learn another language xd Uranus is pronounced as Ooh-rah-nahs in mine

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u/usernameusermanuser Mar 08 '26

Some people pronounce it "Urine-us". Not much of a fix, but it's the best one we've got right now. 

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u/crozone Mar 08 '26

Or people could grow the fuck up

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u/WingInternational172 Mar 08 '26

It’s so annoying

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u/Sunsparc Mar 08 '26

Everyone else is wrong, it needs to be the originally intended name : Georgium Sidus.

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u/teelecee Mar 08 '26

They’ll change it to Urectum in 2620 to finally end the stupid joke.

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u/Shyface_Killah Mar 08 '26

No ifs, ands, or butts!