Georgium sidus
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The planet Uranus. obsolete
"I cannot but wish to take this opportunity of expressing my sense of gratitude, by giving the name Georgium Sidus […] to a star, which (with respect to us) first began to shine under His auspicious reign."
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More examples"I cannot but wish to take this opportunity of expressing my sense of gratitude, by giving the name Georgium Sidus […] to a star, which (with respect to us) first began to shine under His auspicious reign."
Etymology
Coined by German-born British astronomer and composer William Herschel in 1781, after King George III + Latin sīdus (“star”).