Pluto , after the Roman god of the underworld .
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 Mercury is named after the god... Mercury!
Pluto.
Persephone didn't technically marry a planet, but she did marry Hades, the Greek god of the underworld who represents the planet Pluto.
The dwarf planet, Pluto, was named for the Greek God of the underworld.
Hades, God of the underworld, is the other name for Pluto.
The dwarf planet Pluto was named after the Roman god of the underworld.
Pluto , after the Roman god of the underworld .
Pluto
I beileve it was the greek god of the under world, and it was Pluto.
The anagram is Pluto, a dwarf planet named for the Roman god of the underworld.
The name "Pluto" was proposed by Venetia Burney (later Venetia Phair), an eleven-year-old schoolgirl in Oxford, England. Venetia was interested in classical mythology as well as astronomy, and considered the name, one of the alternate names of Hades, the Greek god of the Underworld, appropriate for such a presumably dark and cold world
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.
Mercury is named after Mercury, the mythical Roman winged messenger and escort od dead souls to the underworld. It was named for the fast Mercury because it is the fastest moving planet.
it is named after the (ancient) Roman god of the underworld
Named for Pluto, ancient god of the underworld.