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Razengan
on May 5, 2023
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Four of Uranus’ largest moons likely contain an oc...
If we ever colonize those parts will we rename the planet?
differentView
on May 5, 2023
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Yes, Urectum.
beebeepka
on May 5, 2023
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make sure Farnsworth's smelloscope is ready to collect data before and after the change
mjklin
on May 6, 2023
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For Greek speakers it just means “sky” so no big deal. The namer of the planet was German (Johann Bode) so he wouldn’t have known its unfortunate double meaning in English. Every time you say it it’s like a punchline.
erazor42
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I'm wondering how many mission to Uranus were cancelled/never created to avoid bad PR, with all the jokes and stuff.
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