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Uranus n.

(Gr. Myth.) The son or husband of Gaia (Earth), and father of Chronos (Time) and the Titans.

(Astron.) One of the primary planets. It is about 1,800,000,000 miles from the sun, about 36,000 miles in diameter, and its period of revolution round the sun is nearly 84 of our years. Note: This planet has also been called Herschel, from Sir William Herschel, who discovered it in 1781, and who named it Georgium Sidus, in honor of George III., then King of England.

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"Uranus" Quotes from Famous Books

... would not be one-thousandth part of the size of the grand planet discovered by Herschel. This is, nevertheless, not the most important point. What marks Herschel's achievement as one of the great epochs in the history of astronomy is the fact that the detection of Uranus was the very first recorded occasion of the discovery ...

— Great Astronomers • R. S. Ball

Words linked to "Uranus" : superior planet, Greek deity, solar system, outer planet, Ouranos