Mars (A.K.A. The Red Planet).
Mars, "the red planet."
The Red Planet is refereed to the name mars.
Mars because of the red pigment, due to high concentrations of iron in the planet's soil. Its color reminded people of blood so they named the planet for the got of War.
The Red Planet is refereed to the name mars.
well, if your name was a planet, then that's how a planet got named after you!:)
Venus got its name from the goddess of love Venus
There's Antares, which is a star name that contains the name of the Greek god of war (it got the name for being similar in color to the planet Ares/Mars).
The planet Venus got its name from the Greek goddess.
Pluto got its name from Rome (\_/) (*.*) (/ \) UU
They were named after greek gods.
The name plutonium is derived from the name of the dwarf planet Pluto; dwarf planet Pluto is after planet Neptune in the Solar system and plutonium is after neptunium in the periodic table of Mendeleev.
mercury got it's name from the roman god of commerce
Mars got its name because ancient people thought the red color on mars remind them of the color of blood which is in war. Mars was named afther the god of war called mars.