Why is a planet called Uranus?

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Ok, this isn't really an answer but I think the person who wrote this question would enjoy this. On a test I had to take in grade 9 science, one of the questions was "How big is Uranus?" and my class died of laughter. There was actually one kid who was sent down to the office for interupting the people trying to do the test

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Lucyintheskywithd iamonds	Posted Nov 7th, 2009 at 5:40PM Same reason the element is named uranium, to honor the Greek God of the Sky. The guy who discovered the planet initially tried to name it after King George III, but that proved unpopular outside England. Rated: +4Vote for this!
nunyabuziness	Posted Nov 7th, 2009 at 12:58PM OMG Justicia, grow up! :P lol Rated: +2Vote for this!
BoxingBro	Posted Nov 7th, 2009 at 12:05PM Not all scientists are super mature, they were probably suppressing their laughter as they were presenting the name to the boss. Rated: +1Vote for this!
SoCanadian	Posted Nov 7th, 2009 at 12:07PM It's only Uranus in English. Rated: +1Vote for this!
pickynancy1234	Posted Nov 7th, 2009 at 12:42PM Why is a planet called Mars, or Earth, or Saturn? Why is anything called anything? We should just stop attaching words to nouns, and just start pointing at the things that we want to identify. Rated: +1Vote for this!
axeman66	Posted Nov 7th, 2009 at 12:48PM i think it's named after a greek or roman God. either that, or it's so the starship enterprise can orbit it looking for klingons. Rated: +1Vote for this!
Allan5857	Posted Nov 7th, 2009 at 1:07PM its not actualy pronused ur-an-us its just spelt that way its actualy pronused ur-in-us Rated: +1Vote for this!

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