What did Uranium get its name from?

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Peyton Adams · Accepted Answer

From the Greek #ourhoalphanuos#............

And I think #ourhoalphanuos# means #"heaven"#. As far as I know, uranium was first isolated by Martin Heinrich Klaproth in 1789 from the mineral pitchblende. Because the planet #"Uranus"# had recently been discovered, he named the metal #"uranium".# Klaproth, apparently also isolated cerium, #Z=58#, and zirconium, #Z=40#; he must have been a very accomplished chemist - especially in the days before atomic number and mass had been properly elucidated.

Peyton Adams · Answer

undefined The planet Uranus inspired the name Uranium.

Jose Ayala · Answer

undefined Uranium gets its name from the planet Uranus. German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth discovered uranium in 1789 and named it after Uranus, the seventh planet in our solar system, which had been discovered eight years earlier in 1781 by the astronomer William Herschel. The naming followed a common practice in science at the time, where newly discovered elements were often named after planets, celestial bodies, or mythological figures. Uranus, in turn, was named after the Greek god of the sky, Uranus, who was the father of Cronus (Saturn) and the grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter).