Hey! Stop laughing!
in 1781, who followed the then-current planetary naming conventions by dubbing the planet Saturn's father, the way Saturn was the father of Jupiter. All the other post-Earth planets at that point and after were named after Greek mythology, but instead of calling the planet Caelus — the name of Saturn's father in Greek myth — Bode named it after the Roman equivalent, Uranus. Oops!
Though the name has inspired derriere-themed jokes since at least the latter half of the 20th century, Washington University planetary science professor Paul Byrne said that like Hammel, he now uses the planet's goofy name to his advantage.. "But it’s also an opportunity, because even with a ‘funny’ name, people are talking about the planet."
"It’s not so much of a challenge to segue into something like ‘did you know Uranus smells of farts?’ ," he continued, "which will make people laugh, but now you’re talking about atmospheric composition." Maybe there's a silver lining here. If serious NASA scientists are telling Uranus jokes, that means we can too, right?
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