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Facts about Planet Uranus

The Romans named the five planets closest to the Sun after their most important gods. ... Astronomers decided to continue naming the planets after Roman Gods with one exception - Uranus. Uranus was named after the Greek god of the sky. According to myth, he was the father of Saturn and the grandfather of Jupiter.

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