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Uranus and Neptune Get Hebrew Names at Last

Hebrew Language Academy unveiled the new names 'Oron' for Uranus and 'Rahab' for Neptune.

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Yair Ettinger

Call it Star Wars. In the end, Oron defeated Shahak and Rahab prevailed over Tarshish as the Hebrew Language Academy on Wednesday unveiled the new names of two planets referred to until now by non-Hebrew names. Henceforth, Uranus will be known as "Oron" and Neptune as "Rahab."

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