Post by Koroda on Nov 29, 2013 20:18:36 GMT -5
Hello everyone! Here is where I have posted a poll for you to vote on which planet is the most popular. When you vote, feel free to tell us why you picked that particular planet! This poll is to honor Comet ISON as we hope for it to emerge from behind the sun. Now, I'll begin this conversation with an example.
I picked Uranus:
This is because my birth sign is Aquarius, and its' guardian planet is Uranus. Not only that, but this planet is the 7th planet from the sun, and I was born on the 7th of February. Uranus is lopsided as well, which I believe gives it an interesting touch. This particular planet is also the coldest one in the solar system, despite not being the farthest from the sun, and I love cold weather! Uranus went through a lot of trouble, once being discovered, too. It was originally called the Georgium Sidis (Georgian Star), in honor of King George, which sounds like a disease. People didn't like that name, though, so they called it Herschell, the name of the astronomer that found the planet. If you ask me, it sounds like a boring accountant. Then, they decided to call it Uranus, because it was the name of the Roman God of the Sky. However, it was Germans that did this, and they didn't know that the name would sound like "your-anus" in English speaking countries. So, the name stuck, and poor Uranus was mocked and laughed at, and it's name was distorted so that school children don't laugh at it. A sad fate for such an interesting planet.
I picked Uranus:
This is because my birth sign is Aquarius, and its' guardian planet is Uranus. Not only that, but this planet is the 7th planet from the sun, and I was born on the 7th of February. Uranus is lopsided as well, which I believe gives it an interesting touch. This particular planet is also the coldest one in the solar system, despite not being the farthest from the sun, and I love cold weather! Uranus went through a lot of trouble, once being discovered, too. It was originally called the Georgium Sidis (Georgian Star), in honor of King George, which sounds like a disease. People didn't like that name, though, so they called it Herschell, the name of the astronomer that found the planet. If you ask me, it sounds like a boring accountant. Then, they decided to call it Uranus, because it was the name of the Roman God of the Sky. However, it was Germans that did this, and they didn't know that the name would sound like "your-anus" in English speaking countries. So, the name stuck, and poor Uranus was mocked and laughed at, and it's name was distorted so that school children don't laugh at it. A sad fate for such an interesting planet.