early_riser@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 16 hours agoWhen they named the planet Uranus they probably didn't know it was full of methane.message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down13
arrow-up1146arrow-down1message-squareWhen they named the planet Uranus they probably didn't know it was full of methane.early_riser@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 16 hours agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·14 hours agoAstronomers had pretty much all agreed on the name “Uranus” by 1850, and the first spectrographic studies began in 1861—so yeah.
Astronomers had pretty much all agreed on the name “Uranus” by 1850, and the first spectrographic studies began in 1861—so yeah.