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  1. StevoR says

    PS. Or, very much a match for the colour of the astronomical body first “named” 34 Tauri and considered a star then rediscovered and thought tobe a comet by William Herschel before astronomers realised it wa sactually a planet that they were going to name Georgium Sidus (George’s Star), or the “Georgian Planet” before eventually settling on calling it for the Greek name fro the later Roman god Chronus – Ouranos. Only, weirdly, they chose to spell it the latinised way didn’t they? Sigh.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus#History

    PPS. Am I the only one thinking they look vaguely confectionary~(lollies)~~ish here?

    Take it these are caterpillars or larvae of some sort..

  2. StevoR says

    Far as I know Ouranos is the only astronomical body thought to be a star, a comet and a planet ever.

    Now if we can just get the IAU to redefine it as a dwarf planet since ice giants are a dime and dozen and its really not that big anyhow .. ;-)

    Hmm.. a lot of supposed Super-Earths are kinda in its mass range (14 earth masses) so.. ;-)

    Or future missions could destroy it –almost totally leaving just a very tiny bit of its core unvapourised as an asteroid to make Ouranos fall into pretty much every category of astronomical body.. Then direct the course of the now reduced to asteroid Ouranos into impact with another world as a meteor and eventually meteorite..

  3. Hemidactylus says

    StevoR @3
    If they were orange instead we might be promoted to lament Skidplategate. Still too soon for me :-(

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