Did You Know:
1.Uranus was the first planet to be discovered with the use of a telescope.
2. Uranus was originally called George's Star?
When Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781, he was given the honor of naming it.
He chose to name it Georgium Sidus (George's Star) after his new patron, King George III (Mad King George).
Herschel said:
"In the fabulous ages of ancient times the appellations of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were given to the Planets, as being the names of their principal heroes and divinities.
In the present more philosophical era the first consideration of any particular event, or remarkable incident, seems to be its chronology so if in the future somebody asks you when this planet was discovered, you can say with authority, "It was discovered during the reign of King George III."