True or false : uranus was the ninth body in space to be identified and named

The statement is false. Uranus was not the ninth body in space to be identified and named.

Explanation:

Uranus was the seventh body in space to be identified and named on March 13, 1781, after the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun, with an average distance of 19.23 astronomical units from the Sun. It is the first planet to be discovered by telescope (William Herschel, 1781).

It is named after Uranus, the god of heaven and the father of Titan in Greek mythology.