What is the only planet not named after the greek or roman god?

Answer 1

Most of the planets such as Venus and Mars are named after a Greek or Roman god. However, Earth is the oddball in this case. It was not named after a pagan god.
Earth :)
it would be technically earth but some of the early cultures have deified it by such names a Gaea (Greek) , Terra (Roman)... so technically there all of the planets have been named after mythology

Mercury- roman god of trade and commerce

Venus- roman goddess of love

earth-

Mars- roman God of War, was originally agricultural but was fused with Ares (Greek god of war) and inherited his character

Jupiter-roman god of the heavens name means "sky father" 3rd king of heaven

Saturn- roman agricultural god, fused with Cronus, Greek titan of all devouring time 2nd king of heaven

Uranus- Greek progenus( first created) of the heavens 1st king of heaven was married to Gaea/"earth" name means " heaven"

Neptune- roman god of the sea, earthquakes and creator of horses, brother of Jupiter/Zeus

Pluto- Roman King of the Underworld, the god of death and the dead.

Answer 2

Earth is the only planet in the solar system not to be named after a Greek or Roman god.

It would be possible to argue that Saturn and Uranus are named after Titans rather than gods, though that's a minor quibble.

Extending this to the dwarf planets, Ceres and Pluto were the Roman equivalents of the Greek gods Demeter and Hades, Eris was a Greek goddess (Roman Discordia), and Haumea and Makemake were definitely neither Greek nor Roman (Haumea was a Hawaiian fertility goddess and Makemake was the Rapa Nui (Easter Island) god of fertility).

Technically speaking, of all the bodies in the Solar System that are classified as either "planets" or "dwarf planets", only Eris is actually named after a specifically Greek rather than Roman god(dess).

Answer 3

Well if you want to be purely technical, it would be Earth. However, that isn't entirely accurate, because of the reason we call it Earth. You see, the ground beneath our feet was "gaea" or "ge" (think geology) in Greek. The ground beneath a Roman's feet was called "terra" (think territory or "terra firma"). The ground beneath our feet was personified by the primordial Greek deity Gaea, whose name literally means Earth. In Rome, Gaea was called Terra. So, even though we Anglicized it, our beloved third rock is still named for a Greek/Roman deity.

In 2006, the IAU determined that all Kuiper Belt Objects that qualify as dwarf planets should be given names of mythological being associated with creation. It should be noted that there are two dwarf planets that are not named for Greek/Roman divinities. Haumea, which is named for the mother patron of Hawaii, and Makemake, the Rapanui (Easter Island) creator of humanity and god of fertility. The other dwarf planets are Pluto, Eris (both KBO's) and Ceres (an asteroid).

Answer 4

The planet Earth