What is the DEAL with Uranus???
It sits out there, seven planets out, disappointing astronomers everywhere; that is why NO astronomer willingly specializes in Uranus… just like no doctor enters medical school wanting to specialize in feet; but, SOMEONE has to treat maladies of the feet, just like SOMEONE has to put together everything we find out about Uranus for the benefit of anyone who needs that information for high school science reports and trivia contests.
Uranus is an “ice giant”. Not the COOL kind of ice giant that Thor and Conan used to 
fight. “Ice giant” was coined to keep from confusing Uranus with the more impressive planets. It’s big, but not THAT big. It has a ring system, but nowhere NEAR as impressive as that of Saturn. Uranus has ice, but not the delicious ice you might put into a smoothie; but, ammonia and methane ice… you know, the active ingredients in smelling salts and farts.
And, look at who it was named after: The god of the sky? The sky is simply empty space so Uranus is literally the god of NOTHING. And, Uranus was named at a time when they still had plenty of gods to choose from. Minerva comes to mind… Artemis… Even Virgil or Horace would’ve been better. And, to top it all off, Uranus had sex with his own mother, so he’s kind of a sleazebag.
So, we’ve got this sleazebag mediocre planet out there among the final two planets; and, any scientist who studies it for a living coincidentally regrets it for the rest of his life. As for its unfortunate name:
Does it pain us
to say “U-RAINus?
That just might be.
It is probably best
to say the word just
Than have it be something you see…
Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes 
I think we need to examine how much of this planet’s bad press is due to its unfortunate name.
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It HAD to be on purpose…
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That will teach it for rotating in its side.
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Short, Charles, very short. I think you weren’t feeling the love for Uranus 😞
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It is a dull planet, Deb. I tried…
Tomorrow’s will be more interesting, I swear.
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An ode to Battlestar Galatica? Oh, I can’t wait 😊
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Oh… on second thought, you might be disappointed…
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I don’t feel qualified to comment on Uranus.
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I was waiting for this one, but wow you really unloaded a lot of hate towards Uranus. If it wasn’t for Uranus there wouldn’t really be anything funny about astronomy. Even that last line was funny. It gives us the joke that keeps on giving. You wouldn’t get fun headlines like: “NASA wants to probe Uranus”, or “Uranus is full of gas”. Both are legit headlines I have seen on astronomy pages. Where would we be without it?
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We could just name one of the dwarf planets “Gassy McFart” if that will make you feel better…
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Really all comes down to the name. The planet is a sleazebag because it has been bullied for years. How is it expected to be a good planet under such conditions?!
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Sure, take the side of an astronomical body made of gas and ice… See where that gets you, Robyn.
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I hear that Wm. Herschel was thinking about naming the planet Upuranus in honor of a competitor when he discovered it, but decided to moon the man and settle for Uranus instead.
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Dark times indeed…
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Great headline if that’s all you saw. Would like to hear more from Uranus. Might be the best farter in the universe!
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Well, Uranus is definitely in a tight spot…
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