return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoAstronomers Found Something Cold and Wet Near Uranusgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down18cross-posted to: space@lemmy.world
arrow-up1301arrow-down1external-linkAstronomers Found Something Cold and Wet Near Uranusgizmodo.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square42linkfedilinkcross-posted to: space@lemmy.world
minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 months agothats very poor excellent choice of words They knew what they were doing
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months ago!theyknew@lemmy.world
minus-squareLousyCornMuffins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agothere was a poll among astronomers whether they should rename uranus, and they almost unanimously decided to keep it that way because it got funding just due to giggles.
minus-squarefluxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoIn Futurama, they renamed it to Urectum :)
thats very poor choice of words
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poorexcellent choice of wordsThey knew what they were doing
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there was a poll among astronomers whether they should rename uranus, and they almost unanimously decided to keep it that way because it got funding just due to giggles.
In Futurama, they renamed it to Urectum :)