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TIL that when William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781, he named it Georgium Sidus after King George III, but German astronomer Johann Elert Bode proposed “Uranus” to follow mythological tradition, which became the accepted name.
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240 Years Ago: Astronomer William Herschel Identifies Uranus as the Seventh Planet - NASA

Until 1781, the known solar system consisted of six planets. On March 13 of that year, astronomer William Herschel observed a faint object in the

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