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Which drives me mad, given that Uranus should really be pronounced like the greek god Uranus (uran-os, with U pronounced like in Uzbekistan), not "ur anus".

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Or it should be called Caelus to be consistent with Roman names

Consistency is the hobgoblin of minor planets

We could always go back to calling it George, like Herschel initially did.

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