Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Uranus

How did Uranus get its name? On this explainer, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explain the names in our solar system and how the first discovered planet and its moons got their names.
Travel through time to the discovery and naming of Uranus, the first time an individual, William Herschel, discovered a planet. How did the planets get their names? Roman gods, Greek myths, and… a British King? Find out what Uranus was originally called and the story behind the naming of its moons. Is there a method to all these names?
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0:00 - Introduction
1:04 - How the Planets are Named
2:22 - George
5:42 - George’s Name Change
6:40 - Moon Names
9:07 - Martian Moons
10:18 - Jupiter’s Moons
12:36 - Uranus’s Moons
14:59 - Pluto’s Moon
16:04 - Closing Notes

[@jmac74]

Chuck is hilarious, and an intelligent, educated guy. And Neil shows his quality by not letting his knowledge make him feel superior to jokes about his trade, essentialy. He just embraces those great jokes and keeps pouring out knowledge. Great chemistry between these two.

[@donaldcarpenter5328]

Startalk is simply fabulous. It begins with Neil, but Chuck adds just as much

[@dahleno2014]

He is none of those things. He’s so cringe and clearly not very educated.

[@CircusofPython]

@Dahlen O OK Dahlen O.

[@green_growz1997]

Yup very wholesome.

[@yourmom361]

He's not hilarious. He's awkward

[@bakerryan5672]

THIS VIDEO NEEDS A PART 2!!! Soooo many questions: 1) Did Galileo name the big 4 moons of Jupiter something different first? 2) What about Saturn's moons, and also the gas giants' rings? 3) When did the asteroid belts get their names and what are the stories involved in their discoveries? 4) You never went back to the naming of Earth and its moon/Moon... 5) What if -and this is a big 'if'- there were a "submoon" discovered (a natural satellite orbiting a moon)? What should it's naming procedure be? Also, Chuck is on the top of his game, when is the stand-up special coming out on Netflix?!?

[@Vel1ar]

There was something about naming Earth and Moon (Terra & Luna) in recent explainers.

[@louisrobitaille5810]

1. He named them "1, 2, 3, 4" at first, idk about the rest. 2. Saturn's moons follows the same logic, but it has over 70 moons. The rings don't have a name (any planets that have rings, the rings are just called "X planet's rings"). 3. The Kuiper belt was "discovered" when scientists realized that Pluto wasn't alone in that region of the solar system. Idk about the other one. 4. The Earth is just called the Earth and our moon has a scientific name that no one uses which I forgot 😢, either Earth 1 or Luna. 5. A submoon around a planet is a highly unlikely thing to happen. Such object would get either flinged out of orbit or would crash into the planet after a few million years. The only way for it to happen easily is around a star. All the moons in the solar system are technically submoons to the moons that're the planets around our star. I think such a thing was discovered in an exo-system, but I'm not sure.

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

@@louisrobitaille5810 2. While the rings of the giant planets don't have "names" they are given alphabetical designations. "A Ring, B Ring, C Ring, D Ring, E Ring," etc. Fun fact, the icy plumes from Enceledus are the main source of material for the E Ring.

[@kacodemonio]

It deserves a song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYS6pK2aiK2er6c&ab_channel=NapalmRecords

[@euromicelli5970]

1) *Of course he did* - the same way. They were originally called “The Medician Stars” after the very prominent Medici family, who were his patrons.

[@toast2300]

btw, Phobos and Deimos translate to fear and dread respectively in Greek. Kinda fitting for a planet named after the god of war

[@Anti-HyperLink]

Mars?

[@KesselRunner606]

There's no coincidence. Phobos and Deimos were the sons of Mars, who accompanied him into battle.

[@toast2300]

@@Anti-HyperLink yes, Mars, or Ares in Greek mythology

[@JohnClark-tt2bl]

Phobos being the root of "phobia" btw.

[@ektoraskontos3384]

I am from Greece and i love when Neil try to pronounces greeks. Nice video as always !!

[@-MCMLXXII-]

Don't worry - some years from now scientists will get tired of the joke and rename Uranus to Urectum, solving the matter forever.

[@centauria9122]

Lol Futurama

[@Nitephall]

And one of its moons will be named Charmin.

[@MD-tv5fp]

As the moons are named after Shakespeare characters, there should be one from Midsummer Night's Dream: Bottom.

[@RoderickEtheria]

They were making jokes about Uranus, but Urectum.

[@hancocki]

You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.

[@MegaSkills9]

You didn't mention Radioactive elements 92-93-94. All named after the last 3 planets.(At that time) 92=Uranium/Uranus, 93=Neptunium/Neptune, 94=Plutonium/Pluto. -- I'll bet some of you have never noticed that? -- (Now you know.)

[@carultch]

Have any of the trans-Uraniam elements ever been discovered in nature? As in, anywhere outside a laboratory?

[@louisrobitaille5810]

@@carultch Yes. Here's an example from the Neptunium wiki: "The longest-lived isotope of neptunium, neptunium-237, is a by-product of nuclear reactors and plutonium production. *It, and the isotope neptunium-239, are also found in trace amounts in uranium ores* due to neutron capture reactions and beta decay."

[@bryanbradley6871]

I thought I was the only one who noticed 🤣

[@louisrobitaille5810]

@@bryanbradley6871 It actually makes sense historically. The guy who discovered Uranium was a friend of Hershell, so he named the new element in a similar way as his friend did for the planet. The logic was then followed until we ran out of planet and instead named the elements after famous scientists or simply Latin numbers.

[@jorgepeterbarton]

@@louisrobitaille5810 most often named after place of discovery, be it country, town etc. Although you get Einsteinium. Americium, Ytterbium, Nihonium, etc.

[@cyric5083]

It's also worth mentioning that moons of Mars (the god of war) are translated as horror (Deimos) and fear (Phobos). Hence the "phobia" ending in all the phobia names. Like agoraphobia - fear of the vast open spaces.

[@gregborders8713]

"I will love him and pet him, and I will call him George." Lenny, step away from the telescope! :D

[@stevenwoodward5923]

Great Bugs Bunny reference. I love your sence of humor.

[@tammystockley-loughlin7680]

Also Of mice and men...if I can remember right from back to 10th grade in the 80's. Positive vibes from New Hampshire ,remember to be kind to each other and yourself during this pandemic and social crisis

[@JithinJacob333]

I wish the naming of the planets were the other way around: planets have Greek names and the moons Roman. Planet Zeus and Planet Poseidon sounds so cool!

[@perseusarkouda]

Ares. Much better than Mars. Oh well, scientists usually go to Greek only when they're left out of Latin.

[@Michail_Chatziasemidis]

Well, in Greek we call them by their Greek counterparts. It's really Ἑρμῆς, Ἀφροδίτη, Γῆ, Ἄρης, Δίας (we use the modern Greek word for Zeus, derived from Δία, the accusative of Ζεύς), Κρόνος, Οὐρανός, Ποσειδών, and Πλούτων.

[@TimpossibleOne]

Planets Hermes, Aphrodite, Gaia, Ares, Zeus, Cronus, Caelus, Poseidon and Hades all sounds so much better than the names we have now.

[@JithinJacob333]

@@TimpossibleOne Especially Gaia

[@AntonXul]

@@TimpossibleOne Wow! Seriously those are much better.

[@ChrisMasonRock]

When you got to Earth you said you will come back to our moon. Neil, you never came back! Come back Neil! The moon misses you!

[@dbunt88]

1. This whole episode was awesome. Thank you, gentlemen. 2. I've never once heard the reasoning for Uranus' moon names. Thank you, Dr. Tyson. 3. "Consolation prize" pun literally made my day. My wife is gonna die, lol. Thank you, Lord Nice. 4. Eagerly awaiting Part II on Earth's moon.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

The Roman equivalent of Uranus (Ouranos) was Caelus, from which is derived the French word for sky (ciel) and the English word ceiling. Also the word celestial.

[@darthquietus1783]

That's cool! I'm glad I learned that. Thank you ❤️

[@jorgepeterbarton]

Yes, only used sometimes though i think Romans also still called it the greek Uranus a lot unlike the others

[@mwfmtnman]

Something seems off here, French us a Latin language, how did the latin speaking Roman's derive a name from a language that wasn't a thing yet?

[@heronimousbrapson863]

@@mwfmtnman French derived the word from Latin.

[@mwfmtnman]

@@heronimousbrapson863 okay, that is what I thought, I must have just misread your post, ty

[@ThomasMarxJeetKuneDoIFO]

I'm always afraid, Neil s gonna get a heart attack laughing that much 😂

[@michaelharder3055]

Do they ever do anything other than laughing at Chucks dad jokes. Incredibly boring with some knowledge sprinkled in.

[@sicfxmusic]

@@michaelharder3055 Practice laughing man, it'll be fun!! 😅

[@GPalango]

Dont worry its fake laughs

[@ThomasMarxJeetKuneDoIFO]

@@GPalango 🤨

[@bakerryan5672]

Yep

[@Debs785]

I am addicted to watching you guys, I never knew that learning could be so much fun.

[@chaos4197]

No imagintion? Chuck and his imagination are what makes this entire show so entertaining!

[@LaBelleTML]

I was looking forward to the anatomy lesson.

[@ejmtv3]

but that's under biology right?

[@clankboss827]

2:05 so you're telling me they had to search a bit deeper for Uranus?

[@wynterginger]

😂😂😂😂😂 nice

[@savagepanda7610]

Ey you’re like literally my biggest idol ever. And listenting to you talking always brightens up my day. You’re amazing.

[@longbranch5921]

Get a room

[@michaelhope8899]

Neil is pretty cool, too 😉

[@bipqrslef]

Ya Chuck you're awesome

[@666LSK666]

Thanks.

[@MsArtemis64]

There is nothing like people with great laughs! I miss listening to car talk for that reason, but I'm glad I have Neil and Chuck to take that place! Science with humor!

[@theguy1122]

The concept of this show is genius !!!

[@adawn1111]

The Expanse allowed me to know the names of the moons in the solar system. Excellent show. But Neil definitely allows for better understanding than a tv show 🙂

[@diegofernandez4789]

Yes! I was thinking in The Expanse too!

[@jorgepeterbarton]

Dont forget thats one moon too many of Mars, didnt one get nuked?

[@karindajagmohan4551]

I’m so thankful for Neil De Grasse Tyson and Star Talk🙌🏽

[@drdanimalsize]

Just wanted to give a shout out to Chuck, you have a really excellent way of making these more fun and interesting.

[@JohnRobinson2]

Love how they keep it lighthearted with lots of laughing. Actually stimulates the brain more thus increasing memory retention. Thank you both

[@AntonXul]

Laughter sure helps make people remember. I will forever know that Uranus was once called George, because of the hilarity that ensued after in this video! Also, now I know that the moons of Uranus are named after Shakespearean characters. I had no idea about that.

[@joshuad.5081]

I saw this episode today as well as the one when they talk about how hard science is and Neil talks about the old Uranus name George as well but here he tells the story again as if Chuck didn't know about this from before, it caught my attention since I've been watching this episodes for 4 days now and this happens often with multiple topics, I feel Neil tells this stories again for new viewers but Chuck still seems like is a new thing for him.

[@suzannebrown2505]

Joshua: Your spelling of “Niel” should be Neil de Grasse Tyson.

[@PMW3]

Speaking about funny naming conventions, I remember someone pointed out that the names of the Galilean moons of Jupiter are all named after his lovers in mythology. And one of the probes that we sent to Jupiter was named Juno. The name of his wife. So we basically sent Juno to check up on her hubby

[@chop-daresistance7514]

Oh nice fun fact.. thanks for sharing.. that's pretty cool

[@mirceapintelie361]

Ganymede was a dude so..☻

[@PMW3]

@@mirceapintelie361 A dude that was so beautiful that Zeus had a eagle fly down and carry him off so the boy could be his personal "cup-bearer"

[@Michail_Chatziasemidis]

@@PMW3 And then this οἰνοχόος "wine-pourer" Zeus transformed into the Aquarius constellation (ὑδροχόος, "water-pourer") in the sky. Just because Hera was too jealous.

[@annwagner5779]

I always love watching Neil laugh. Chuck is just brilliant.

[@jacindarajas9934]

Niel & Chuck complement each other so well. Been watching a while (maybe a few months to a year+ not sure) and Chuck is just hilarious. I've always had an intense interest in astronomy since I was young & just these two just talking and joking have since discovering them have become my favorite when it comes to astronomy content creators.

[@JayTemple]

Kudos for knowing the difference between "complement" and "compliment"!

[@goodluckalice]

This was so freaking fun...thank you 😊😊😊

[@Mathieu-qx7bp]

I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned, but I think in Greek Mythology, Kronos (or his roman equivalent Saturn, Titan of Time or smth) was Zeus' (Jupiter's) father, and Ouranos (Uranus, primordial deity of the sky) was Kronos' father. So although idk why you would first go to the father after Jupiter, and then go back to the siblings, it always made sense to me that Uranus would come after Jupiter and Saturn (and the name doesn't sound as ridiculous anymore, which is an added bonus). Also I think it's interesting to see words derived from the same root as "Kronos" or "Saturn" to describe stuff that has to do with time (attribute of the deity right), like it is often the case especially in latin languages. E.g. "chronomètre" for a timer in french, or "saturnien" which is an older word. Just wanted to add that in case anybody's interested, good stuff as usual Neil and Chuck!

[@salimalloun6413]

Be aware of not mixing up Cronos with Chronos the one which is clearly the god of Time. Where did you get the time-related meaning for "saturnien" ?

[@Mathieu-qx7bp]

@@salimalloun6413 Interesting! I just looked it up, and Cronos/Kronos and Chronos do seem to be different deities, they however seem to get mixed up depending on the authors, especially if you include the roman version Saturn! As for the use of "saturnien", it came from my few memories of the "poèmes saturniens" we briefly studied in high school, but after looking it up, it seems to be related more to the planet than what I thought was etymology... However, one the meanings of "saturnien" is something similar to "sad, melancholic", which I could see be related to the idea of time and the associated divinity... Anyways thanks for that, I didn't know there was so luch complexity there! Guess that's why they didn't dig into it in the video

[@salimalloun6413]

@@Mathieu-qx7bp Il y a aussi les saturnales, mais là cela fait référence aux fêtes romaines de licence et d'inversion des rôles sociaux.

[@salimalloun6413]

@@Mathieu-qx7bp En fait, il y a un livre qui traite de ce sujet : Saturne et la mélancolie (Klibanski, Panofski et Saxl). Et c'est bien la planète dont il s'agit.

[@user-kh8jy5ec8o]

Υοu really neiled it i can comfirm those things (the greek gods part because we learned them in kindergarden when i went to kindergarden )

[@madebydimiakagreekmachine5822]

By the way I love the way Neil said ouranos he said it so close just sounds like this - oorahNOs with the emphasis on the NO. Also that’s how you say sky in modern Greek

[@muse-mech-moda]

I loved every second of this - its beautiful that this conversation has been documented like this. Beautiful :)

[@wow7254]

Tyson and Nice are some of my favorite people. So much gratitude for their work and existence on Earth

[@LtNduati]

I'm mad I'm not working from home today, I'm not mature enough to get through this one in the office

[@dewangable]

Reading The Title I thought, Neil would have started this video like "Chuck, LET'S TALK ABOUT URANUS" and both would have laughed 🤣

[@WestExplainsBest]

I was initially confused, thinking Neil had delved into the field of anatomy.

[@reallifepetergriffin6583]

Turned out it was "Micromoons"!

[@annalopinski4459]

These two are great lol 😂. They had me at “constellation prize” 🤣

[@Eons000]

😂I didn't see that coming lolll

[@martinewski]

Chuck killed it today! One of the funniest videos I’ve watched.

[@s1gne]

I named my 2 PC's after the moons of Mars.. Deimos and Phobos (fear and terror). My router is called Ceres :)

[@balmoral56923]

I always learn something listening to Mr. Tyson. Humor being thrown in is just a bonus.🙂

[@catherinetoomey-flynn1624]

The information about moons named after Shakespearen characters was fascinating. Neil said it's not really scientific in an almost apologetic way but I love when you get a cross section of information in these videos because it taps into other interests the viewers might have. You got science, history and English literature all rolled into one there! Nice job.

[@julioperez1850]

I did not know this about Uranus and its moons. Thanks for the explainer video, Neil and Chuck!

[@ElliotNesterman]

FWIW, Deimos and Phobos (Dread and Fear) are not Ares's horses but his companions in war. Also, according to Hesiod they are his children by Aphrodite.

[@suryabhargav8881]

I thought they are sons of Ares Horses? Thanks for clarification

[@jorgepeterbarton]

They symbolise the two types of fear- Phobos as is Phobia. I guess like the difference between dread-terror and panic-terror hard to get the meaning across.

[@Anti-HyperLink]

Mercury - God of Messengers and thieves Venus - goddess of beauty and love Terra - The physical embodiment of Earth Mars - God of War and... anger? Jupiter- King of the gods and the god of the sky and lightning Saturn - Father of the Olympians Uranus - Father of the first Titans and the embodiment of the sky (the counterpart to Terra) Neptune - God of the sea Pluto - God of death and wealth and ironically the god that was cast out. It's a very weird coincidence that that is the planet that was cast out from planetary status. Maybe the person who named Pluto knew it would have that fate.

[@louisrobitaille5810]

Shouldn't Terra be Gaia then 🤔?

[@carlmarks2798]

I enjoy the way that they will keep explaining the subject with a great laughs

[@Cnupoc]

as always, interesting and entertaining at the same time. Thank you Neil & Chuck!

[@JAMES-my8bf]

"You have no imagination." Is Chuck just going to sit back and take that? 🤣

[@Tachyon-db1bz]

If he wants a paycheck ... yes

[@deebo3864]

Hearing these guys laugh gives me so much joy!

[@thomasdavis5470]

These two are great 👍. I am learning so much and having fun.

[@mbrew3244]

"Constellation prize" Game, set and match, Chuck. Bravo!

[@MikeKinney8675]

Get to learn , and laugh, at the same time . Neil & Chuck make a great team.

[@paulm5443]

Love these two working together. Neil is such a warm character and he loves other people's humour.

[@Kelly_t_love]

Your two voices are literally the last ones I hear before I fall asleep . Every single day's for over a year now

[@Z1BABOUINOS]

Fun Fact: Greeks don't use the romanized equivalents of Greek (god) names. They use the original Greek names: -Saturn- = Kronos -Jupiter- = Zeus -Mars- = Ares -Mercury- = Hermes -Venus- = Aphrodite etc.etc

[@perseusarkouda]

As a Greek when I hear how Uranus is pronounced I'm cringing. I'm glad Neil finally said it correctly. It's actually Ouranus. 15:05 And whoever heard Karen, it was actually Charon (every Greek Ch pronounced as in Chaos and never as in Charlie).

[@MrMulti419]

I saw the title and came to listen to Chuck 😂🤣

[@silencedogood7297]

TERRIFIC ! Tyson is brilliant, articulate, informed, and fun ! What a great teacher and great astrophysicist.

[@EM-qx3hx]

“That’s because you have no imagination”. Too often I hear NDT belittle and despise Chuck, and he always takes it with a smile. I would really really like this to change. Chuck is intelligent, educated and kind, and deserves to be treated with respect. NDT on the other hand often comes underprepared for these videos and either doesn’t know or doesn’t remember important pieces of information about the topic. A student would not pass a test like that, and he’s supposed to be an expert educating others.

[@valipunctro]

Thank god Shakespeare gave interesting names to his characters and we are not stuck with dull names for the moons of Uranus.

[@OrcinusLaryngologist]

Do you have a problem with Uranus? 🤨

[@scarletletter4900]

@@OrcinusLaryngologist Maybe it's got a cyst?

[@valipunctro]

@@OrcinusLaryngologist I think you misunderstood my statement.

[@OrcinusLaryngologist]

@@valipunctro 🤣

[@KiingDa3rd]

Took a while to find Uranus, even though its in our backyard

[@f12pushthekeys]

😁😁

[@gumbysoup]

You surely make planetary history fun and entertaining to watch.

[@Garrettero]

"Constellation prize"......LOL!!! Chuck was killing it this episode.

[@1edpz]

It always gets me, man. I need to grow up.

[@dennisostergard5969]

Every night i fall asleep listening to you guys talk, i like it. especially when space and astronomy is a topic, it's just soothing. And I've wondered if i get smarter listening to this? even when im asleep? 😂

[@elck3]

oh yeah.. you're a secret genius now

[@rolando2395]

You don't

[@maxkuozc]

What a great episode of Chuck's mindblower. Now for the interstellar TV show episode, and on to the finale of Neil and Chuck

[@tian320i]

Really enlightening. Thank you!

[@sirjamesfancy]

Can we talk about how GORGEOUS Uranus is though? What makes it that way?

[@OrcinusLaryngologist]

It’s bleached. 🤣

[@louisrobitaille5810]

The gasses in its high atmosphere, like all other planets (except Mercury 'cause it doesn't have an atmosphere).

[@TerryGrancho]

They uploaded this episode 7 minutes ago, and the video is 17 minutes long. which means NOBODY has seen the complete video but still are commenting! lol

[@NunoLeitaoTheEpiq]

Actually, it took me a bit more than 8.5 minutes to watch this

[@stebbs2431]

Playback speed increased that’s why

[@NunoLeitaoTheEpiq]

@@stebbs2431 indeed

[@louisrobitaille5810]

You underestimate skipping ahead when you know what they're saying 😝

[@TerryGrancho]

@@louisrobitaille5810 I never miss a second of these videos... every joke counts

[@cincin0722]

I was so happy to see Chuck here

[@blackbird163]

Very Interesting. I've always wondered about naming.

[@twstf8905]

Hahaha Neil blowing Chuck's mind and, in return, Chuck breaking Neil's funny tolerance. 😄

[@insane_troll]

In the interest of avoiding confusion we should rename it "Urectum".

[@justinwalker4475]

What a great channel :) glad i found this

[@adelcelik9980]

LOVE WATCHING THESE VIDS, always teach me new things yet making me laugh.

[@dinozzotony1701]

curious why none of Saturn's moons aren't mentioned - Titan , Minas, Enceladus

[@louisrobitaille5810]

Saturn has over 70 moons, he's not gonna name them all...

[@PlebNC]

Uranus is so big that the launch calculation to land on it just says "that way".

[@louisrobitaille5810]

That's for Jupiter, Uranus isn't that big x)

[@ari-mcbrown]

This is what it was all about, waited so long for this video.

[@RubyRed81]

Love this random but totally interesting info... Neil is amazing at providing tons of info without making it feel overwhelming. And Chuck keeps me from feeling dumb for being totally unaware of such seemingly basic things since he's usually just as shocked as I am 😊

[@robertoi.2072]

So it was originally never meant to be Uranus nor mine, it was always meant to be George's 😂

[@MarioDallaRiva]

Is it true that we’re surrounded by Asteroids where Uranus has Hemorrhoids?

[@simum3155]

I heard that there are rings around Uranus. You have to use a mirror to see them.

[@MarioDallaRiva]

Favourite hiding place for Klingons

[@louisrobitaille5810]

@@simum3155 There're rings around Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Saturn's are the only "easily" visible ones, and Uranus' rings are perpendicular to the planet (they're vertical instead of horizontal like Saturn's).

[@WestExplainsBest]

It's too close to a black hole to know for sure.

[@simum3155]

@@louisrobitaille5810 Yep, and the rings are oriented that way due to Uranus being tipped on it's side. I am educated on the subject, contrary to the appearance of my attempt at the joke above. :)

[@katiazayats977]

👌👌👌🤩🤩🤩 thanks ! good to know tendency in astronomy naming ! 👍👍👍

[@_LM_]

It's always fun to learn new things about Uranus.

[@Soapy-chan_old]

In german wie basically pronounce all latin words like they wouldve been by romans. And a lot of the greek words we use too.

[@spee6826]

I thought William Herschel was so amazed about what he discovered that he tripped on his rug falling flat on his face looked up to see the backside of his cat.

[@percy9406]

These two gentlemen are a force multiplier for science.

[@gettyro7390]

My brain fed and funny bone tickled, thank you Neil and Chuck.

[@clankboss827]

is there a planet named Myanus, just asking for no reason.

[@Nevisblau]

Ouranus🙇🏼 and Theyanus👼🏼

[@MarioDallaRiva]

YoursMine&OursAnus

[@kevinqwen221]

VeNUS

[@centauria9122]

Idk, just go look deeper 🙃🔭

[@carultch]

Planets outside the solar system do not get single word names. Planets outside the solar system get the name of their parent star and suffix letter indicating the order of discovery. Most of the planets outside the solar system have been discovered orbiting stars that don't even have single word names, but instead are named by their catalog identifiers.

[@boysetsfire3966]

Ουρανός or later on latin Uranus was supposed to be the name of the grandfather of Zeus... Romans copied a lot of stuff and thats cool and much better than others that destroyed everything on their path... Also Ουρανός is still used in modern greek and means sky :)

[@davidevans3227]

this was Bound to be a funny episode thankyou guys, for making these lovely programs.. 🙂 x

[@davidevans3227]

greetings from the uk pmsl 🙂

[@MisterFudan]

always informative and entertaining

[@Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmn]

It was never proposed simply as George, as it probably sounded riddiculous and kinda insulting to the King. Serious options were: Georgium Sidus (George's Star) or the Georgian Planet

[@ridethasno]

Comments will be legendary.

[@koreyhelms6857]

Great work guys love your show Neal and chuck forever

[@AilisonCarvalho]

Awesome one, thanks guys. 👏👏

[@steve-o6413]

My life is a Web of lies and I like it like that lol. Got to hand it too Chuck, he has a way with words...

[@younessofri6789]

Man i'm feeling sorry for Deimos, being called an Idaho potato, don't him like that. 😂

[@evansyator]

Hey could you please add explanation videos and illustrations. It will go a long way trust me. Much Love from Kenya, Africa

[@Flame304]

'Constellation prize' good one :)

[@mnichols1979]

If Pluto isn't a planet, shouldn't we rename it so it isn't a Roman god? I nominate Neil to lead the charge. The world already know he hates Pluto. Lol

[@Nefville]

Neil doesn't hate Pluto, he just knows its a dwarf planet.

[@OrcinusLaryngologist]

Pluto is a planet in my book.. 😤

[@carultch]

By that logic, Ceres would also be renamed. Ceres was demoted from being a planet a hundred years before Pluto was even discovered.

[@louisrobitaille5810]

@@carultch Ceres was demoted at the same time Pluto was... When the dwarf planet convention happened.

[@jorgepeterbarton]

@@carultch about 7 asteroids are because they got to about 12 planets before deciding none of them were

[@Rockingoodman]

So let me get this straight. All the Karens out there are named for the person that carries you to hadies? Figures.

[@louisrobitaille5810]

Charon, not Karen 😅

[@toonedin]

Charon & Hades in Greek. Karens & HeyDees in American! 😜

[@TheSwiftMagician]

Great video guys!

[@denisemorton56]

This so brightens my day. Its lovely to have a good goggling laugh in the Covid Times. Thank you all at STAR TALK. Georges A*se. LOL!