I hate to sass Dr. Pedantic, but Uranus is Greek.
Coelus is his Roman counterpart.
Is he? Then the Romans fucked up for naming a planet after him.
betting on 15:18 SC time today in the Herschel correction pool
According to Wikipedia, kaufman is right:
"In Greek mythology, Ouranos is the ancient deity of the heavens, the earliest supreme god. Uranus is the Latin name of Ouranos."
Actually "Ouranos" is funny too.
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