On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 19:12:23 -0500, J. Clarke
Post by J. ClarkePost by KevrobPost by Paul S PersonOn Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:55:53 -0500, John W Kennedy
Post by P. TainePost by Lynn McGuirexkcd: Solar System Changes
https://www.xkcd.com/2258/
Wow. Randall is living large today.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2258:_Solar_System_Changes
Lynn
Yeah, but I disagre about Uranus. Isn't a planet with its axis almost alined
with its plane of revolution interesting? I don't see what Neptune has to match
that.
Theres that shocking blue color, like artificial picnic ice.
And you can pronounce "Neptune" in Latin, rather than Greek, to avoid
... unseemly associations.
Uranus would correspond to "Caelus" in Latin.
Did not know that. There is an NPC in Fallout New Vegas named
"Caelus" who is something of an anus--subtle humor but a nice touch.
And you don't know it now, either.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caelus
Caelus is Latin for the god of the sky -- hence "celestial". It does
not "correspond" to anything in Latin -- it /is/ in Latin.
He also appears in Mithraism and some Latin writers identified him
with the God of Israel (ie, of the Jews). That, I would think, was
more an attempt to understand what the Jews were saying than anything
else.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus
Uranus is Latin for the Greek god transcribed as Ouranos. The
pronounciation "you-ran-us", with a short "a", was used on the
national news when a satellite flew by the planet way back when. The
scatological version was used in /E.T.: The Extraterrestrial/ by
children as a taunt. Both are gods of the sky, and the article does
associate the /Latin/ name "Uranus" with the /Latin/ name "Caelus".
Post by J. ClarkePost by KevrobPoseidon corresponds to Neptune. Those names might have
been saved for planets covered by ocean, even more than
ol' Mama Gaia/Terra.
Kevin R
--
"I begin to envy Petronius."
"I have envied him long since."