Planet Uranus
Greek and Roman Mythologies
What Roman god was Uranus named after?
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06/19/2015
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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