Georgium Sidus

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Georgium Sidus

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Learned borrowing from Latin Geōrgium Sīdus. Coined by German-born British astronomer and composer William Herschel in 1781, after King George III.

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obsolete The planet Uranus. I cannot but wish to take this opportunity of expressing my sense of gratitude, by giving the name Georgium Sidus […] to a star, which (with respect to us) first began to shine under His auspicious reign.

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@misc{georgium_sidus_2026,
  title = {Georgium Sidus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/georgium%20sidus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}