How did Uranus get its name? On this explainer, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explain the names in our solar system and how the first discovered planet and its moons got their names.

Travel through time to the discovery and naming of Uranus, the first time an individual, William Herschel, discovered a planet. How did the planets get their names? Roman gods, Greek myths, and… a British King? Find out what Uranus was originally called and the story behind the naming of its moons. Is there a method to all these names?

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0:00 - Introduction
1:04 - How the Planets are Named
2:22 - George
5:42 - George’s Name Change
6:40 - Moon Names
9:07 - Martian Moons
10:18 - Jupiter’s Moons
12:36 - Uranus’s Moons
14:59 - Pluto’s Moon
16:04 - Closing Notes