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[dead] ramonverse
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People doing important research on Uranus certainly hear a lot of jokes.
labster
No, it’s always the same joke, in a thousand variations on a theme.
gambiting
Which drives me mad, given that Uranus should really be pronounced like the greek god Uranus (uran-os, with U pronounced like in Uzbekistan), not "ur anus".
fstarship
Or it should be called Caelus to be consistent with Roman names
labster
Consistency is the hobgoblin of minor planets
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verzali
We could always go back to calling it George, like Herschel initially did.
chgs
I thought they renamed it Urectum?
mturmon
This question is very important for planetary science. Magnetometers are our main tool for detecting presence of a saline ocean in planets and moons (Enceladus, Triton, Europa), and characterizing it. The Uranus measurement is a template for this technique.

Several of the co authors are on the Europa Clipper magnetometer team.