Georgium Sidus
English
Etymology
Named by its discoverer, Sir William Herschel, after King George III + Latin sīdus (“star”).
Proper noun
Georgium Sidus
- (astronomy, now historical) The planet Uranus. [from 18th c.]
- 1783, William Herschel, Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, 73.2:
- I cannot but wish to take this opportunity of expressing my sense of gratitude, by giving the name Georgium Sidus […] to a star, which (with respect to us) first began to shine under His auspicious reign.
- 1812, Thomas Jefferson, letter, 17 June:
- The exclusion from the courts of the malign influence of all authorities after the Georgium sidus became ascendant, would uncanonize Blackstone.
- 1821, James Ferguson, Astronomy, volume II, page 86:
- The satellites of the Georgium Sidus, too, appear to move nearly at right angles to the plane of his orbit […]
- 1783, William Herschel, Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, 73.2:
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