![]() ![]() Bernoulli, from Berlin, suggested Hypercronius and Transaturnis. Petersburg, compromised with George III's Neptune and Great-Britain's Neptune. Prosperin, of Uppsala, proposed the names Astraea, Cybele, and Neptune (now borne by two asteroids and a planet). Lalande proposed in 1784 to name it Herschel, at the same time that he created the planet's symbol ("a globe surmounted by your initial") his proposal was readily adopted by French astronomers. This name was not acceptable outside of Britain. When it was pointed out that sidus means star and not planet, he rebaptised it the Georgian Planet. Herschel originally named it Georgium Sidus ( George's Star) in honor of King George III of Great Britain. Sir William Herschel formally discovered the planet on March 13, 1781, but reported it on April 26, 1781, as a "comet." The earliest recorded sighting was in 1690 when John Flamsteed catalogued it as 34 Tauri. ![]() Uranus was the first planet to be discovered that was not known in ancient times although it had been observed on many previous occasions, it was always mistakenly identified as a star. Uranus is larger in diameter but smaller in mass than Neptune. ![]() Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and the third largest (by diameter). Uranus: Astronomy, Mythology, Astrology - Crystalinks ![]()
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