early_riser@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhen they named the planet Uranus they probably didn't know it was full of methane.message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down14
arrow-up1164arrow-down1message-squareWhen they named the planet Uranus they probably didn't know it was full of methane.early_riser@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoAstronomers had pretty much all agreed on the name “Uranus” by 1850, and the first spectrographic studies began in 1861—so yeah.
Astronomers had pretty much all agreed on the name “Uranus” by 1850, and the first spectrographic studies began in 1861—so yeah.