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The planet Uranus is named for the Greek god of the sky, Uranus, or, in ancient Greek, Ouranos. Uranus was equivalent to the Roman god of the sky, named Caelus or Coelus .
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What Roman god was the planet Uranus named after?
The planet Uranus is named after the god Uranus.
What is Uranus and Mars named after?
Uranus was named after the roman god of the sky and Mars was named after the roman god of war.
Was Uranus named after a roman god?
The planet Uranus was named for a Greek god. Uranus was the oldest of the Greek gods.
Uranus is named after which Greek god?
None. The planet Uranus was named after the Roman god, also called Uranus.
Is earth and uranus named after Roman Gods?
Uranus is named after the Greek god named Uranus or Ouranos, who was the primal god of the sky.
Why is Uranus named after a Greek god and not a Roman god?
It so happens tha Uranus is his Roman name.
What was Uranus named?
uranus was named after the roman god of the sky Deity and in 2006 mark anderson named it uranus
What two planets are not named after roman deities?
Earth and possibly Uranus.Only Earth is not named after a Roman God. Uranus was the God of the sky.
Why is it named Uranus?
after the Roman god your anus
Which planet was named after the Roman god?
All the planets in our solar system are named after Roman gods. Actually Uranus and Earth are not named after a Roman god. Uranus was named after the Greek god of the sky. Uranus' Roman equivalent is Caelus. Earth comes from a an old German/English word meaning ground.
How did Uranus get his name?
Uranus is named for the Greek god of the sky, Uranus. The planets are named for Greek and Roman gods.
Uranus was named after?
Uranus was named after the Greek god of the sky. It is the only planet named directly after a Greek God instead of its Roman counterpart.
What Uranus moons are named after?
They were named after great Shakespearian actors; also, Uranus is the only planet not to be named after a roman god, it is infact, named after a greek god.
What planet was not named after roman god?
Earth and Uranus.
Is there a roman god named Uranus?
No. Uranus (Or more correctly Ouranos) was a Greek god. His Roman counterpart (at least in part) was Saturnus.
What is Uranus named after?
Uranus was the Roman god of the sky. (Rome, unlike Greece, had a chief god and a god of the sky)(edit) The Roman god of the sky is Jupiter... Uranus is named after the Greek god of the sky.Source= High school history andhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UranusIt is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus (Greek Mythology).Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus
What planet is named after Roman God of the heavens?
Uranus, after Ouranous Uranus is also the name of a Greek god, the god of the sky.
Witch greek god was Uranus named after?
Uranus is both the Greek and the Roman name.
What the is the name of the roman god which the planet uranus is named after?
its not a god,it was ouranus.father of kronos.
Who was uranurs named after?
Uranus was named after the Roman (or possibly Greek) god of the sky, Uranus. It is pronounced yer-uh-nis
What roman god is Uranus named after?
The mother earth and the father sky...
Who was Uranus named after?
Uranus was named after the Greek god Uranus.
Is Uranus a boy planet?
Yes. It is thanks to the Greek/Roman god it was named after.
Which planets are named after roman gods?
The only planet not named after a Roman god is earth. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune were named after Roman gods. Venus was named after a Roman goddess. Pluto, which has had it's status as a planet removed was also named after a Roman god.
Why did they call Uranus Uranus?
The planet Uranus is named for the Greek god of the sky. This was to follow the history of naming planets for Roman and Greek gods.
