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Originally posted by gearhounds:
There’s a referendum to change the name of Uranus to end all the jokes once a for all.

The new name will be Urecktum.

The proper pronunciation of Uranus is YOU ruh nus, not your Ay nus.

flashguy

quote:

Originally posted by flashguy:
The proper pronunciation of Uranus is YOU ruh nus, not your Ay nus.

Don't be an asshole.

quote:

Originally posted by flashguy:
The proper pronunciation of Uranus is YOU ruh nus, not your Ay nus.

flashguy

I thought these factoid checking kind of posts were behind us...

Too cloudy here. Damn.

quote:

Originally posted by flashguy:
The new name will be Urecktum.

The proper pronunciation of Uranus is YOU ruh nus, not your Ay nus.
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Meh....Tomaytoe, Tomawtoe

Hanging out with family this afternoon, my wife and my niece were discussing astronomy and one of them made a remark about Mercury in retrograde. I quickly shot back "How do you know Mercury is not in Uranus?"

Thank you SIGforum for helping me through the holidays!!

I have enjoyed seeing the planets the last couple of evenings. Clouds/rain are moving back in overnight. I received the 4.5" Jupiter from Mova Globes as a Christmas Gift - pretty entertaining.