Saturnus, the god of agriculture and harvest.
Yes. They named it after one of their gods in a convention borrowed from the Greeks.
It's a god, and his name was Saturn and he was the god of agriculture and Jupiter, the king of the gods, dad
Saturn was the god of agriculture in Roman mythology, and the father of Jupiter, the king of the gods..
All of the planets are named after Roman gods. Saturn is named after the god of agriculture.
No one known who created the name Saturn, or Saturnus. The name was the name of one of the ancient Roman gods. All modern uses derive that that.
Saturn was named for one of the Roman gods. The roman god Saturn was the god of wealth, time, agriculture and liberation.
Saturn was the king of the Titans and father of the gods, but that is his Roman name. The Greeks called him Kronos.
Yes Saturn is the Roman God of agriculture, and harvest, he was father to the gods. He's Greek name was Cronus or Kronos.
The International Astronomical Union names planets and the practice is to name them after mythological ancient gods - Saturn was a major Roman deity of agriculture and harvest.For your information 'Saturday' is also named after this god.Galileo was the one who decided to name it saturn
Saturn was named after the Roman god of agriculture. The Romans named the planets they saw after the important gods of their mythology.
They got their name from the ancience gods a long time ago
The ringed planet, or gods bride in some eastern cultures.