Georgian star
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Translation of Georgium Sidus, Herschel's proposed name for the planet.
Proper noun
[edit]- (astronomy, now rare, historical) Georgium Sidus, the planet Uranus. [from 18th c.]
- 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 54:
- Leave the red eye of Mars on rapid wing, / Jove's silver guards, and Saturn's dusky ring; / Leave the fair beams, which issuing from afar / Play with new lustres round the Georgian star […] .
- 1794, Moore, Almanack, page 40:
- These Conjunctions are well worth the Attention of the Curious, and all those who may wish to have a View of the Georgian Star, by the Help of their Telescopes, as they afford a good Opportunity of finding it.