return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoAstronomers Found Something Cold and Wet Near Uranusgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down16cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sespace@lemmy.world
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minus-squareHexesofVexes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·7 hours agoDon’t worry, the scientific community is working on getting it renamed to solve exactly this problem. It’s going to be called “urectum”.
minus-squareDharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 hours agoI’m a genuine proponent of renaming Uranus to “Caelus.” It’s the only planet (save earth) not named for a Roman god. It’s named for a Greek god, and completely breaks the naming convention. Funny word play aside, I’d like to see it renamed Caelus.
minus-squarecolderr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 hour agoCaelus would fit perfectly in our solar system.
Don’t worry, the scientific community is working on getting it renamed to solve exactly this problem.
It’s going to be called “urectum”.
I’m a genuine proponent of renaming Uranus to “Caelus.” It’s the only planet (save earth) not named for a Roman god. It’s named for a Greek god, and completely breaks the naming convention. Funny word play aside, I’d like to see it renamed Caelus.
Caelus would fit perfectly in our solar system.
Rectum? Damn near killed em!