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I think the Romans named the planets after their gods.
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What did Greeks and Romans name planets after?
They named the planets after their gods.
What was the other name the ancient Greeks used to call the Elder Gods?
In ancient Greek mythology, the other name they used to refer to the Elder Gods was the term Titans.
What did the ancient astronomers name the planets after?
They named all the planets after gods. For example, they named Mars after the god of war.
Why was the name Mercury chosen?
The planets are named after ancient Roman ad Greek Gods - Mercury was the messenger of the Gods.
What is the planets name for?
the planets were named after roman gods
Names of well known Olympians?
The name of the major family of gods in ancient Greeks were called the Titans. The major gods in that family were Zeus, Hera, Hermes, Poseidon, and Hades.
By what other name are the ancient Greeks known?
Achaians are the other name the ancient Greeks are known by.
Why did the astronomers name the planets in our solar system after ancient gods?
AnswerBecause that time they only thought of god and nobody else that was the greek time, so the planets are named after a god!!!!!The Romans and Greeks associated planets with certain gods for Astrological purposes. For a long time scientists used Latin in formal writings so kept the names the Romans used for the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. When Neptune, Uranus and Pluto were discovered the names were chosen just to be 'in keeping' with the other planets.
What do the planets name represent?
Most of the planets are named after Greek and/or Roman gods.
What is another name for Uranus?
There is no other name for the Planet. Unlike the planets that were named by the Greeks and Romans, and which have alternate names, Uranus was discovered much later (March 13, 1781). It is named after the ancient Greek god of the sky, in order to have a name similar to the other planets, but there is no other name in ancient mythology, since they didn't know it existed.
Does Jupiter have another name?
Well, these daysJupiter is a blanket name (known that way every where) but the ancient Greeks named the planet Zeus, the king of there gods. Jupiter is the Roman term for Zeus.
Who is the king of gods?
In Ancient Greece, Zeus is the king of gods. In Ancient Rome, his name is Jupiter
