shortly after its discovery, neptune was temporarily called "the planet exterior to uranus" or "le verrier's planet". the first suggestion for a name came from galle. he proposed the name "janus". in england, challis suggested the name "oceanus". in france, arago suggested that the new planet be called "leverrier", a suggestion which was met with a lot of opposition outside france. french almanacs quickly reintroduced the name "herschel" for "uranus" and "leverrier" for the new planet.