
The Moons of Uranus, Part 1
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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The Origins of the Name Uranus
Uranus in Mandarin is Tain Wang Xing or Sky King star. So I think that's that's just basically alluding to, yes, this is a sky god. That's the name that we've used in naming the planet. And of course, yeah, it's interesting that we're switching from Roman degree coming out here to Uranus. Why are we talking about modern discussions of what this planet will be named? There are many names for the classical planets because they pop up in various astronomical systems.
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