That’s not Mianus, it’s Uranus . . .

parfive no longer being taken for granite Member since August 2005 Posts: 9,606	That’s not Mianus, it’s Uranus . . . Mar 3, 2019 3:06:29 GMT -5 grumpybill likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by parfive on Mar 3, 2019 3:06:29 GMT -5 said King George (almost) www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/02/26/bizarre-brilliant-rules-naming-new-stuff-space/
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rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 34,968	That’s not Mianus, it’s Uranus . . . Mar 3, 2019 7:49:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Mar 3, 2019 7:49:36 GMT -5 LOL! I wonder who argued against Mr Spock?

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That’s not Mianus, it’s Uranus . . . Mar 5, 2019 15:08:15 GMT -5 Pat and rockjunquie like this

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Post by mohs on Mar 5, 2019 15:08:15 GMT -5

Decades ago I named a star
betharina
a sweetheart

I think it was rip off organization some
National Registrar of Astronomy Lexicon

Anyway we got chintzy certificate with coordinates
All for twenty bucks

And I do want to say
Bethy if your out there
Love from the mohs
You missed my rocking heart phase
Matter of fact
exactly the reason why I started
Fill a void

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That’s not Mianus, it’s Uranus . . . Mar 5, 2019 16:15:39 GMT -5

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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 5, 2019 16:15:39 GMT -5

Mar 5, 2019 15:08:15 GMT -5 mohs said:

Decades ago I named a star
betharina
a sweetheart

I think it was rip off organization some
National Registrar of Astronomy Lexicon

Anyway we got chintzy certificate with coordinates
All for twenty bucks

And I do want to say
Bethy if your out there
Love from the mohs
You missed my rocking heart phase
Matter of fact
exactly the reason why I started
Fill a void

Awww, that's sweet.

mohs In Memoriam RIP mohstly Member since January 2009 Posts: 19,412	That’s not Mianus, it’s Uranus . . . Mar 5, 2019 16:19:04 GMT -5 rockjunquie likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mohs on Mar 5, 2019 16:19:04 GMT -5 well I have my moments...mostly
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That’s not Mianus, it’s Uranus . . . Apr 8, 2019 14:52:19 GMT -5 harrym likes this

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Post by mohs on Apr 8, 2019 14:52:19 GMT -5

Washington post & NYT
Are Not allowing to read articles
the want a fee
That another bitch

But they allow ya to read their fake news

Now that I got that out of the way

The discovery of the 3 planet and their naming
really threw A monkey wrench into the
astrological scheme of things

Uranus was a Greek God who was the father of Saturn
So that naming made some sense

But it should be spelled in it more archaic nomenclature
Ouranos
which make it more plural & democratically correct

Yet astrologers would have preferred to name it Prometheus
Prometheus archetypes fulfill the charts better

Prometheus was the teacher of astronomy
& his quest to steal fire from the heavens
as the rebellious one
Would better fit in with the astrology scheme

Maybe all this is explained in the article? (read-it)