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Description
(OVERVIEW 📖)
A portrait image of Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, inspired by two Instagram posts by NASAWEBB (7th Apr. 2023) and taken from exposure images by the James Webb Telescope. Also depicts five of Uranus’ moons (Miranda, Oberon, Ariel, Umbriel and Titania) as blue “twinkles” near Uranus.

(DESCRIPTION 📕)
Uranus is the seventh planet in the Solar System and one of the two “ice giants”, large planets made of heavier, gaseous elements like water vapour and ammonia (which also gives the planet its distinctive turquoise colour). Uranus is the only planet in the Solar System named after a Greek god instead of a Roman god; his Roman counterpart is known as Caelus. Uranus is also the only planet to spin on its side rather than on its top, as Uranus’ tilt is at 98 degrees compared to Earth’s 23 degree tilt. Although there is much debate over this specific detail of Uranus, one popular theory is that Uranus’ tilt was caused by a planetary collision with an ancient Earth-sized object in the distant past. Uranus features a ring system similar to the other giant planets and has five major moons, consisting of Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon (all are named after Shakespeare characters) as well as four lesser moons.

William Herschel, a German-English astronomer, was the first person to discover Uranus on 13th March, 1781 and the first to discover a planet with aid of the telescope, a new, revolutionary invention at the time. Herschel originally wanted to name the planet “the Georgium Sidus” (Latin for “The George Star”) after King George III, the reigning monarch of the English throne during Herschel’s time, seeing the Roman names to be outdated in comparison to modern, “philosophical” names like “George”. Johann Elert Bode, a fellow German astronomer of Herschel, suggested giving the new planet a more “classical” name instead, thus Uranus was chosen and not “George” for the seventh planet.
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(PERSONAL THOUGHTS 💭)
There’s certain categories of art on my page that haven’t been getting a lot of love recently, and one of them is “Nature”, my folder for the natural world, which now includes my artwork for the seventh planet in the Solar System and the “butt” of all primary school science jokes, Uranus. I do love how well this artwork has turned out, with this cosmic background with stars and nebula adding to this almost “mystical” atmosphere for its central subject (insert reference to Gustav Holt’s “The Planets” here). Now, Uranus’s depiction here is, like I mentioned above, inspired by an Instagram post from “nasawebb”, the official homepage for the James Webb Telescope on Instagram. Now the JWT apparently captured this image using “infrared spectrographs”, meaning that the final image made the planet look like its glowing, so believe me when I say, that image came out looking a little strange because, well, planets don’t glow like this.

Now, should Uranus be named “Caelus”? Or should it be named after a Roman goddess like Juno (since only some dwarf planets and asteroids are named after goddesses)? Or should it just remain “Uranus” and we all leave it alone? Well, whilst I think the former two has the strongest potential as being put forward as a replacement name to the general public and scientific community (it being named Caelus or Juno would make it so, aside from Earth, all the planets are named after Roman gods and goddesses), it’s also very likely if certain that nothing happens, as it’s been almost, what, 400 years since Bode named it “Uranus”, so changing its name would be like Pluto losing its status as a planet in 2005; everyone would lose their mind over it, especially for everyone born before Gen Alpha and beyond.

I however, put forward the motion, that we should all call the planet “George”, because it would be very le funny of us to name an important part of the night sky after some fat, dobber of a guy we could meet at the pub one Friday night.

#planetgeorge
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(CREDITS 🎬)
This artwork is inspired by an Instagram post by nasawebb (dated 1st January, 2024). As such, all credit and rights belongs with the original artist(s) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Description
(OVERVIEW 📖)
A portrait image of Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, inspired by two Instagram posts by NASAWEBB (7th Apr. 2023) and taken from exposure images by the James Webb Telescope. Also depicts five of Uranus’ moons (Miranda, Oberon, Ariel, Umbriel and Titania) as blue “twinkles” near Uranus.

(DESCRIPTION 📕)
Uranus is the seventh planet in the Solar System and one of the two “ice giants”, large planets made of heavier, gaseous elements like water vapour and ammonia (which also gives the planet its distinctive turquoise colour). Uranus is the only planet in the Solar System named after a Greek god instead of a Roman god; his Roman counterpart is known as Caelus. Uranus is also the only planet to spin on its side rather than on its top, as Uranus’ tilt is at 98 degrees compared to Earth’s 23 degree tilt. Although there is much debate over this specific detail of Uranus, one popular theory is that Uranus’ tilt was caused by a planetary collision with an ancient Earth-sized object in the distant past. Uranus features a ring system similar to the other giant planets and has five major moons, consisting of Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon (all are named after Shakespeare characters) as well as four lesser moons.

William Herschel, a German-English astronomer, was the first person to discover Uranus on 13th March, 1781 and the first to discover a planet with aid of the telescope, a new, revolutionary invention at the time. Herschel originally wanted to name the planet “the Georgium Sidus” (Latin for “The George Star”) after King George III, the reigning monarch of the English throne during Herschel’s time, seeing the Roman names to be outdated in comparison to modern, “philosophical” names like “George”. Johann Elert Bode, a fellow German astronomer of Herschel, suggested giving the new planet a more “classical” name instead, thus Uranus was chosen and not “George” for the seventh planet.
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(PERSONAL THOUGHTS 💭)
There’s certain categories of art on my page that haven’t been getting a lot of love recently, and one of them is “Nature”, my folder for the natural world, which now includes my artwork for the seventh planet in the Solar System and the “butt” of all primary school science jokes, Uranus. I do love how well this artwork has turned out, with this cosmic background with stars and nebula adding to this almost “mystical” atmosphere for its central subject (insert reference to Gustav Holt’s “The Planets” here). Now, Uranus’s depiction here is, like I mentioned above, inspired by an Instagram post from “nasawebb”, the official homepage for the James Webb Telescope on Instagram. Now the JWT apparently captured this image using “infrared spectrographs”, meaning that the final image made the planet look like its glowing, so believe me when I say, that image came out looking a little strange because, well, planets don’t glow like this.

Now, should Uranus be named “Caelus”? Or should it be named after a Roman goddess like Juno (since only some dwarf planets and asteroids are named after goddesses)? Or should it just remain “Uranus” and we all leave it alone? Well, whilst I think the former two has the strongest potential as being put forward as a replacement name to the general public and scientific community (it being named Caelus or Juno would make it so, aside from Earth, all the planets are named after Roman gods and goddesses), it’s also very likely if certain that nothing happens, as it’s been almost, what, 400 years since Bode named it “Uranus”, so changing its name would be like Pluto losing its status as a planet in 2005; everyone would lose their mind over it, especially for everyone born before Gen Alpha and beyond.

I however, put forward the motion, that we should all call the planet “George”, because it would be very le funny of us to name an important part of the night sky after some fat, dobber of a guy we could meet at the pub one Friday night.

#planetgeorge
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(CREDITS 🎬)
This artwork is inspired by an Instagram post by nasawebb (dated 1st January, 2024). As such, all credit and rights belongs with the original artist(s) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).