Mercury: after mercury the roman god of commerce, also messanger of the gods (Hermes)
venus: after venus the roman goddess of beauty and love, also known as aphrodite in the greek mithology
mars: roman god or war(mars), ares in Greece
juppiter: god of all the olympic gods in ancient Rome, aka: Zeus
saturn: roman god of agriculture, aka Kronos in greece, titan and god of time
uranus: greek god that representing the sky, one of the primordial gods
neptune: roman god of the sea, called Poseidon in greece
(the earth is also called gaia from one of the primordial gods in the greek mithology)
the planet Mercury is named after the god... Mercury!
Pluto is the Roman equivalent of Hades, and was created afterwards. Pluto the planet, was named after Pluto the Roman god. Not hades the Greek god.
the planet Jupiter named after the roman god in roman mythology
The planet Jupiter was named after the Roman God of Thunder and lightening..
The planet is named after Mars, the Roman god of war. It is also called to as the Red Planet because of its reddish appearance as seen from Earth.
There is no planet named after the Greek god of war.There is however a planet named after the Roman god of war, which is Mars.The Greek god of war is Ares. He does not currently have a planet named after him.
The name Saturn means "most remote planet" because at the time it was named, it was the furthest planet from the sun. The planet was named after the Roman god of agriculture, Saturn.
they named the planet Jupiter after the Roman god Jupiter
The planet Jupiter is named after his Roman name
its not a god,it was ouranus.father of kronos.
No. Planet Neptune is named after a God, not a Goddess. Neptune gets its name from the Roman God of the Deep Sea, Neptune.
Saturn
Mars is named for the god of war.
No, Saturn is named for the Roman god of the same name, a god of time and harvest.
There is a small planet named Ceres, the Roman version of Demeter.
Hades, God of the underworld, is the other name for Pluto.
the planet Mercury is named after the god... Mercury!