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Feb 28, 2018 · Ultimately, German astronomer Johann Elert Bode (whose observations helped to establish the new object as a planet) named Uranus after an ancient Greek god of the sky. Bode argued that as...
Johann Elert Bode ( German: [ˈboːdə]; 19 January 1747 – 23 November 1826) was a German astronomer known for his reformulation and popularisation of the Titius–Bode law. Bode determined the orbit of Uranus and suggested the planet's name.
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Apr 21, 2024 · German astronomer Johann Elert Bode proposed the name Uranus in March 1782. He argued that the name followed the mythology of the other planet names, as Uranus was the father of Saturn, similar to Saturn being the father of Jupiter.
Johann Elert Bode (born Jan. 19, 1747, Hamburg [Germany]—died Nov. 23, 1826, Berlin) was a German astronomer best known for his popularization of Bode’s law, or the Titius-Bode rule, an empirical mathematical expression for the relative mean distances between the Sun and its planets.
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Oct 21, 2023 · The Greek god Ouranos, also known as the god of the sky, gave rise to the Latin name Uranus. German astronomer Johann Elert Bode came up with the name in 1782. As Uranus was the father of Saturn, just as Saturn was the father of Jupiter, Bode contended that the name was fitting.
Bode’s law, empirical rule giving the approximate distances of planets from the Sun. It was first announced in 1766 by the German astronomer Johann Daniel Titius but was popularized only from 1772 by his countryman Johann Elert Bode.
Jun 11, 2018 · Bode gave the name Uranus to Herschel’s newly discovered planet. Bode married three times: his first two wives were nieces of the Berlin astronomer Christine Kirch; the third was the niece of the chemist Andreas Marggraf.
