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The planet was originally named Georgium Sidus in 1781 when it was discovered by William Herschel. But there was already a tradition of naming planets from Roman mythology. In Roman mythology "Uranus" was the father of the Titans and a sky god.
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∙ 13y agoIf you mean the planet, it was named after the Greek god of the sky.
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