To the Aztecs and other Nahuatl-speaking peoples Uranus was known as Ilhuicateocitlalli named after the word for sky ilhuicatl and also as Xiuhteuccitlalli.

Roman name for uranus. From this we get the name of a modern planet. Astronomer William Herschel who is credited with discovering Uranus in 1781 wanted to call it Georgium Sidus Georges Star for the British ruler at the time King George III. Most are named after characters in Roman or Greek mythologybut there are a lot of exceptions The moons of Uranus for example are named for the most part after characters in Shakespeares The.

The Roman name for Uranus is Uranus. It is named Uranus for the Roman god of the sky I assume because of its sky-blue hue. These were the only planets that were bright enough for them to see.

This name did not achieve common use until 1850. Later when telescopes were used other planets were discovered. I call Uranus a modern planet because being unseen by the naked eye this planet was unknown to the ancients.

The Roman version of this gods name was lent to a geological phenomenon and he required frequent pacification. He discovered it in 1781 and the name was universally accepted by 1850. Astronomy is very old science - with at.

Pluto is the conventional Roman name and you might use it for a trivia question but really Pluto a god of wealth is the equivalent of a Greek god of wealth called Dis. It is the Latin version of the Greek Ouranos the sky god. The name Uranus pronounced OOR-ahn-oos before the English mangled it for the amusement of school children is a Romanization of Greek Ouranos OOR-ahn-oas which is conventionally derived from an Indo-European root ṷérs- to rain.

Picture of Uranus Ouranos castrated by his son Cronus. Although the Roman name for the god Sky was Caelus the Latin spelling of the Greek name Ouranos was Uranus. Named by William Herschel.