Space BREAKTHROUGH: How UK astronomer uncovered NEW planet in solar system

This was the first planet to be discovered since antiquity and Herschel became famous overnight. 

Herschel, who was later knighted for his historic discovery, named the planet Georgium Sidus, or the “Georgian Planet,” in honour of King George III of England, who was the ruler at the time.

However, German astronomer Johann Bode proposed the name “Uranus” for the celestial body in order to conform to the classical mythology-derived names of other known planets.

Uranus was the ancient Greek deity of the heavens and was a predecessor of the Olympian gods.