Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Sunan Uranus yana nufin allahn Girka na sama Uranus (Girkanci na dā: Οὐρανός), mahaifin Cronus (Saturn) da kakan Zeus (Jupiter), wanda a Latin ya zama "Ūranus" (Latin pronunciation: [ˈuːranʊs]). Ita ce kawai duniyar da sunanta ya samo asali ne kai tsaye daga wani adadi na tatsuniyoyin Girka. Tsarin adjective na Uranus shine "Uranian". Sanarwar sunan Uranus da aka fi so a tsakanin masana taurari ita ce, tare da girmamawa a kan harafi na farko kamar yadda yake a Latin Ūranus, akasin, tare da girmamawa a kan harafi na biyu da dogon a, kodayake ana ɗaukar duka biyun karɓa ne. Ba a cimma yarjejeniya kan sunan ba har kusan shekaru 70 bayan gano duniyar. A lokacin tattaunawar farko bayan ganowa, Maskelyne ya nemi Herschel ya "yi wa duniyar taurari alfarma [sic] don ba da suna ga duniyarku, wanda yake naku ne gaba ɗaya, [kuma] muna da yawa a gare ku don ganowa". Dangane da buƙatar Maskelyne, Herschel ya yanke shawarar kiran sunan Georgium Sidus (Tauraruwar George), ko "Georgian Planet" don girmama sabon mai kula da shi, Sarki George III. Ya bayyana wannan shawarar a cikin wasika zuwa ga Joseph Banks:  Tambaya: Menene Georgium Sidus yake nufi?
Tauraruwar George