Uranus
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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Uranus planet situated between Saturn and Neptune. XIX. — L.
Ūranus — Gr.
Ouranós husband of Gaea (Earth) and father of Cronos (Saturn).
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Another moon for Uranus. (Astronomy).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science News; 11/16/2002; 547 words
; ...confirmed the existence of the 21st moon known to be orbiting Uranus. Dubbed S/2001 U1, the satellite is one of six small Uranian...Because S/2001 U1 is faint and lies at a great distance from Uranus, astronomers had to use several telescopes to confirm its status...
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NASA: Huge spring storms rouse Uranus from winter hibernation.
M2 Presswire; 3/30/1999; 700+ words
; ...many moons. Although Uranus has been observed...the modern era of astronomy because of the long year of Uranus -- more than 84 Earth...to take images of Uranus in both visible and...Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. for NASA...
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RELEASE: 99-47 HUGE SPRING STORMS ROUSE URANUS FROM WINTER HIBERNATION
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 3/29/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...many moons. Although Uranus has been observed...the modern era of astronomy because of the long year of Uranus -- more than 84 Earth...to take images of Uranus in both visible and...Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. for NASA...
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Chance for locals to observe Uranus.
News Wire article from: Vietnamese News Agency; 9/12/2008; 384 words
; ...Vietnam , people can watch the Uranus on Sept. 12 and 13 evenings, according to the Vietnam Astronomy and Cosmography Association...diameters of 40-70 mm because the Uranus lies in a straight line with...the planet, he added. The Uranus, mainly made of stones and...
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SUMMARY NEWS RELEASE: HUGE SPRING STORMS ROUSE URANUS FROM WINTER HIBERNATION
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 3/29/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...anything like it will be on Uranus, we would be experiencing...in the modern era of astronomy because of the long year of Uranus -- more than 84 Earth...in the modern era of astronomy because of the long year of Uranus -- more than 84 Earth...
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Uranus planet has blue ring: study
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 4/7/2006; 700+ words
; ...planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are reddish. Perhaps...at its brightest spot, and Uranus is strikingly similar, with its blue ring right on top of (Uranus' moon) Mab's orbit," said Imke de Pater, professor of astronomy at the University of California...
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UK scientist says rings of Uranus discovered in 18th century
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 4/16/2007; 461 words
; ...the rings around the Planet Uranus were discovered in 1977. In...being presented at the National Astronomy Meeting in Preston from April...Limited has claimed that the Uranus rings were discovered in 1797...Eves, the discoverer of Uranus - Astronomer Royal, Sir William...
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DISTANT GIANT URANUS LURKS BEHIND A STILL-BRIGHT MARS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/4/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...larger but much dimmer Uranus. An ordinary pair of...an interesting bit of astronomy that you might never...agreed on the neutral name Uranus, the father of Saturn...Urania, the Greek muse of astronomy. Maybe they didn't...enough ahead. To this day Uranus can be pronounced either...
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Uranus.
Magazine article from: National Review; 10/7/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...as early as 1948 a novel, Uranus, whose subject is the question...Berri's movie version of Uranus, written with his sister...had been reading a book on astronomy, and had just reached a passage about "the dark, icy planet Uranus" when all hell broke loose...
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Focus on Uranus.(SCOPE ON SKIES)
Magazine article from: Science Scope; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the Greek god Ouranos, or Uranus as it is now spelled. William...an interest in mathematics, astronomy, and making telescopes. The...discovering additional moons around Uranus and Saturn, determining the...the discovery of the planet Uranus. During the spring of 1781...
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Uranus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Uranus , in astronomy, 7th planet from the sun, at a mean...modern times with the aid of a telescope, Uranus was detected in 1781 by Sir William Herschel...comet. Because the calculated orbit of Uranus did not compare accurately with the observed...
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infrared astronomy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
infrared astronomy study of celestial objects...The beginnings of IR astronomy can be traced to the discovery...astronomers. However, modern IR astronomy did not begin until the...discovery of the rings of Uranus, the atmosphere around...
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astronomy
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...great accuracy. From then on astronomy remained dormant until the...Newton combined the sciences of astronomy and physics. His laws of...the discovery of the planets Uranus , Neptune , and Pluto . by...second half of the 19th century astronomy was revolutionized by the...
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Holden, Edward Singleton
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...professor of mathematics and astronomy at Washington University...he taught mechanics, astronomy, acoustics, and optics...and the satellites of Uranus and Neptune; accounts of recent progress in astronomy; a catalogue of astronomical...
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Tethys
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Tethys in Greek mythology, a goddess of the sea, daughter of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaia (Earth), and consort of Oceanus . In astronomy, Tethys was the name given to a satellite of Saturn, the ninth closest to the planet...
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