Are the planets in the our solar system named after Greek Gods or the Roman Gods or both ?
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mercury- roman messenger god
venus-roman god of love
earth-neither
mars-roman god of war
jupiter-roman king of gods
saturn-roman father ofking of gods
uranus- greek grandfather of king of gods
neptune- roman god of the sea
pluto- roman god of death
so, mostly roman, one greek, one neither
Mostly Roman Mythology from what I can tell. For instance, there is Mars (Greek: Ares), Venus (Greek: Aphrodite), Neptune (Greek: Posidon) Pluto (Greek: Hades) Jupiter (Greek: Zeus)
Honestly, I am surprised we didn't wind up calling the moon Prometheus or something...
They are named after the Roman gods which are counterparts of the Greek gods. The Greek gods came first but the Romans took the names for their gods from the greeks. The only one that is not named for a god is Earth.
Mercury-Hermes-god of travel and a messenger for the gods
Venus-Aphrodite- goddess of love and beauty
Saturn-Cronus- god of agriculture.
Pluto-Hades- God of the underworld and wealth
Jupiter-Zeus- King of the gods and god of lighting
Uranus-Uranus- God of the Heavens before Zeus
Neptune-Poseidon- God of the Ocean and earthquakes
Mars-Ares-God of war
All cultures played a part in naming the stars.......
Everyone keeps leaving out Gaia
Bah, this has been pretty much answered. I think it's also pretty interesting to note though, that most of the satelites (moons) that orbit the other planets are named after other figures in Greek/Roman myth. Like Io and Europa both moons of jupiter were named after women he had an affair with. Saturn has a moon called Rhea,Kronos' (staturn's wife) and another that goes by the name of Titan. Pluto's moon (thats not really a planet anymore >_>) is called Charon, who was the boatman of the underworld.
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