Mercury was a Roman god.
Mercury is not named after a person per se, but rather a mythological figure. It is named after the Roman god of travel, messages, and thieves.
Two examples of chemistry elements named after mythological characters are mercury (Hg), named after the Roman god Mercury, messenger of the gods, and mercury's position on the periodic table reflects its liquid state at room temperature. The element thorium (Th) is named after Thor, the Norse god of thunder, highlighting its radioactive properties which can emit energy similar to thunder.
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After the Roman mythological god Mercury
The planet Uranus was named for the primordial god who personified the sky.
the planet Mercury is named after the god... Mercury!
The planet Neptune was named for the Roman god Neptune.
No god is named after it but they called it Cronus, Zeus's father.
Venus is named after the roman god of beauty.
Yes, the planet Mercury was named after the god Mercury. Mercury's other names are Thoth and Hermes (pronounced Her-meez).it wasn't named after a god it was named after a messenger when he found the planet in the sky so he named it mercury.
Mercury was named after Hermes, the Roman god of travel.