return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoAstronomers Found Something Cold and Wet Near Uranusgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1178arrow-down16cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sespace@lemmy.world
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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.
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.