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Who was the joker who named Uranus anyways?

GF — 8/26/2004 4:26:50 PM (archived)

It's been the butt of jokes ever since!

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The whole thread (15 posts)

Smallest exoplanet! - Raoul - 8/25/2004 8:25:14 PM
- Finally!...The discovery of a Uranus-mass planet!...But Uranus is not a "water-world". - Jacob Samorodin - 8/27/2004 4:26:02 PM
  - Whither water? - Nick Hoffman - 8/28/2004 9:04:27 AM
    - Hellacious in many ways - dtb - 8/28/2004 9:59:22 PM
- re: Smallest exoplanet! - REB - 8/26/2004 2:23:54 PM
  - Big Earths = Waterworlds - Nick Hoffman - 8/27/2004 11:37:51 AM
    - re: Big Earths = Waterworlds - Raoul - 8/27/2004 8:28:09 PM
    - re: Big Earths = Waterworlds Great Analysis! - p - 8/27/2004 7:38:12 PM
  - re: Smallest exoplanet! - Raoul - 8/26/2004 2:39:12 PM
    - re: Smallest exoplanet! - REB - 8/26/2004 2:52:55 PM
      - Who was the joker who named Uranus anyways? - GF - 8/26/2004 4:26:50 PM
        
        re: It's only a "problem" in the english language;) (n/t) - Raoul - 8/26/2004 5:38:17 PM
        
        Try teaching Astronomy to a bunch of 8th graders. - REB - 8/26/2004 5:20:08 PM
        
        Ur-Anus = Beginning-End, father of Kronos = Time - Gary - 8/27/2004 4:45:41 AM
        
        re: Try teaching Astronomy to a bunch of 8th graders. - MarkV - 8/27/2004 1:33:18 AM

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