He had helped plot its trajectory and he was the editor of an influential Astronomy yearbook as well, so he was listened to. Its interior is a small rocky worldlet (maybe about the size of Earth) surrounded by a layer of ammonia, water, ammonia, and methane ices. That doesn't mean it's actually made completely of ice. Yes. Somewhere between those two dates, we all picked up the habit of pronouncing it the dirty way regardless — probably because it was more fun, but also because it’s closer to a phonetic pronunciation of its spelling in American English.The wider population (us dummies) took little heed of the dictionary change until the planet started hitting the news again once the space program picked up. But at least it got every kid in the room to say the name of the planet out loud, and to do it while thinking about a word that, if nonsensical, was at least not scatological," she wrote. I remember the exact day the pronunciation of that planet's name changed. (Uranus is also the only planet to be named after a Greek god rather than a Roman one.) Bode argued that as Saturn was the father of Jupiter, the new planet should be named for the father of Saturn. Many people may do the same when they are required to give a presentation on the seventh planet in the solar system. "If you were to go out and look [for Neptune], you'd have to know exactly where to look, and you'd still need a telescope to be able to find it," planetary scientist Amy Simon, of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, said on the Most people are taught that the name of the tilted planet sounds like "your-anus," a pronunciation sure to elicit snickers. Future US, Inc. 11 West 42nd Street, 15th Floor, double points for managing to pull off that project with style and charm, not self-seriousness.”“MEL f--kin rules they’re so consistently knocking it out of the park and everyone on the staff methane, this news anchor-friendly pronunciation stuck. It’s true — society changed the pronunciation of Uranus to stop you from gigglingUranus has long been a source of delight to schoolboys…No matter which way you pronounce our solar system’s seventh planet — “Your anus,” “Urine-us,” or the somewhat more iambic, “You’re on us” — they all yield a giddy chuckle when subjected to headlines like, “Methane Found in Uranus.” But what if you’re, say, dining with Neil deGrasse Tyson, hoping to impress him so he doesn’t Here, then, is how to approach Uranus with caution.It turns out that science is cool with you saying either “your-RAY-nuss” As early as 1920, the Oxford English Dictionary referred to it as, “you-ran-us,” like a proper English sentence. "Get breaking space news and the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!Thank you for signing up to Space. Astronomer William Herschel discovered the seventh planet in 1781, but his choice for a name was rejected. It was the day scientists discovered it has rings and on the news that night, the newscasters all said "Scientists have discovered rings around the planet "YUR in us". Instead, Uranus was destined to cause snickers whenever someone says its name. New York, But just how do you pronounce the name of The first six planets in the solar system have been visible to observers throughout human history and were named for Roman gods. It gets
Answered Sep 21, 2016. You will receive a verification email shortly.There was a problem. Did you ever meet a person and wonder what their parents were thinking when they picked out their child's name? It seems particularly humorous when you discuss the methane "A cop-out? School children everywhere, meanwhile, whispered about the conspiracy theory that stodgy scientists were just trying to smush the fun out of astronomy, as they would later do on a more drastic level by reducing Pluto to the status of dwarf planet.Of course, all of this extremely anal back-and-forth could’ve been avoided if the legend about its discoverer, astronomer Long story short, they really did change it just to stop you from giggling.
is brilliant.”“sometimes I worry [MEL is] a psy-op meant just for me.” — maybe ’85) when one of the space probes was preparing to do its fly-by. NY 10036. As one commenter here describes it: “Uranus was changed to ‘URINE-us’ in 1986 (? So if you “Smart and insightful reported features about modern masculinity.”“@WeAreMel is phenomenal ... the best outlet covering digital culture today.”“I just laughed out loud for a solid five minutes.”“The rare men’s magazine that has taken upon itself to investigate masculinity, not enforce it. — maybe ’85) when one of the space probes was preparing to do its fly-by. Peter W Stolz.