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What were the ancient Greek names for the nine original planets?
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Mercury - Greek = Hermes, the messenger of the gods - older name was Stilbon, the gleaming
Venus - Greek = Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, older name was Phosphoros, bringer of light
Earth - Greek = Gaia, mother earth
Mars - Greek = Ares, the God of War, also known as Areos aster, star of Ares
Jupiter - Greek = Zeus, king of gods
Saturn - Greek = Kronos, the god of agriculture
The names we use now are all Roman in origin except Uranus and Earth, but the naming conventions were maintained with the more recently discovered planets.
Uranus - Greek, god of the heavens
Neptune - Greek = Poseidon, the god of the sea.
Pluto - Greek = Hades, the god of the underworld
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∙ 15y agoTo the Greeks and Romans there were seven known planets, each presumed to be circling the Earth. They considered the moon a planet which makes seven. The moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Leave out the moon and you have six. Maybe that's what you mean.
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