Georgium Sidus

Herschel himself proposed the name Georgium Sidus - "The Star of George," after his benefactor.

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* The Georgium Sidus is a later discovery, having two moons; without the orb of Saturn, and not represented in the following scheme, for want of room.

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Sir William called his new world Georgium Sidus, that is, the George Star, in honor of the King of England.

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Herschel himself proposed to designate it the "Georgium Sidus," in honor of his patron, George III., just as Galileo had called the satellites of Jupiter the "Medicean stars," after Cosmo de 'Medici.

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Herschel christened his new discovery "Georgium Sidus," in honor of the

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Naming the new planet Georgium Sidus, Latin for "George's Star", in honour of King George III also brought him favour (the name didn't stick - in France, where reference to the British king was to be avoided if possible, the planet was known as 'Herschel' until the name 'Uranus' was universally adopted).

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Georgium Sidus; move around him in their several orbs, and borrow from him their light and influence: on the surface of the sun are seen certain dark spots, but what they are is not known.

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Saturn, and the Georgium Sidus, * all revolve in the same manner about the sun as the centre of the system; and in the order from the sun as they are named in the following figure of the UNIVERSE.

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[In the HTML version, the symbols for the planets can be seen next to their names, except for Georgium Sidus, whose name was later changed to Uranus.]

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Ach -- not _Herschel_, no! Nor _Georgium Sidus_, as I once proposed;

Watchers of the Sky Alfred Noyes 1919