Question

What did Uranium get its name from?

Answer 1

From the Greek `ourhoalphanuos`............

Explanation:

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.