Name Uranus and Neptune in Hebrew!

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Israel is honoring the UN’s International Year of Astronomy. But two plantes don’t have names in Hebrew. Israel’s Hebrew Language Academy hopes to change that � with a contest. So far, about 2,000 Israelis have entered. Reporter Daniel Estrin has been watching the contest.

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