Editing Uranus (section)

==Overview and History==

Okay, look, there are gonna be some easy jokes in here, just go with it.

Uranus was observed by several astronomers throughout history, possibly including the ancient Greek Hipparchos, who might have included it in his star catalogue. In 1690, it was classified as a probable star by the first English Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed. In 1781, Sir William Herschel began intensively studying Uranus. At first, he believed it was a comet, but ultimately concluded that it had to be a planet, which several other astronomers had already realized. He was formally credited as the planet's discoverer, and thereupon ensued a long argument over what the new planet should be named. Herschel wanted to call it ''George's Planet'' in honor of King George III, on the logic that the ancients had named the other planets after their heroes and divinities, so they might as well name this one after a modern-day hero. Precisely nobody outside Britain liked this idea, and a variety of other names were proposed, including ''Herschel'', ''Neptune'', and ''Neptune Great Britain''. German astronomer Johann Bode had first suggested Uranus in 1782 because he thought it was appropriate that, just as Saturn/Cronus was the father of Jupiter/Zeus in Greco-Roman mythology, the new planet should be named for Saturn's father Uranus/Ouranos. [[Fail|Bode apparently hadn't been paying attention when he learned his mythology, because "Uranus" was actually the Latinized form of "Ouranos", and the actual name of the Roman equivalent to Ouranos was Caelus]]. Uranus ultimately won the argument and became the common name. Most astronomers pronounce it "your-a-nuss" to try and dodge the jokes, but basically every other English-speaker on Earth goes with the "standard" pronunciation of "your-anus", because duh. Although some folks would just call it by the Greek phonetic of "ooo-rah-nous", which sounds way better and badass. The planet has much less embarrassing names in several other languages, including Tengeriin Van (Mongolian, meaning "King of the Sky"), Dao Maritayu (Thai, meaning approximately "Star of Death"), and Hele'ekala (Hawaiian, loanword for Herschel).

Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. Like its neighbor and near-twin Neptune, it is classified as an ice giant due to most of its atmosphere being made up of volatile compounds like water and ammonia that are considered "ices" in planetary science. It is notable for having a rotational axis that is tilted so far sideways so that its poles are where the equator should be (presumed to be because [[Exterminatus|another planet hit it REALLY fucking hard]]). When Voyager 2 did its flyby in 1989, it sent back images that showed a blank white ball of nothing, unlike the much prettier planets such as Saturn and Jupiter.