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The planet Pluto was named after the Roman god of the underworld, Hades. The planet was first discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.
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Is Pluto named after something?
The dwarf planet, Pluto, was named for the Greek God of the underworld.
What is Pluto's name in English?
The name 'Pluto' is a Latinized form of an ancient Greek word meaning 'wealth.' The ancient Greek word, Plouton, was an alias of Hades. The astronomers who originally named the planet after Hades found its astrological influence as the wielder of dark justice similar to the accounts of Hades.
What is the name of Pluto's planet god?
It was the greek god Hades
What was the chemical element uranium named after what planet?
It was the other way round. Uranium was named after a planet. That planet was Uranus.
What are three element name after planet that is show on the periodic table?
Plutonium is named after the planet Pluto. Neptunium is named after the planet Neptune. Uranium is named after the planet Uranus.
What is the planet named after Hades?
Pluto
Which moon was named after Hades?
Moon? But Pluto, the planet, was.
What planet did the Greeks called you Hades?
The Roman god Pluto was the equivalent to Hades, and this planet was named in the modern day by the earlier tradition.
Is Pluto named after Hades?
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.
How was planet Pluto named is ther a myth or legened?
Pluto is named after the roman name for the greek god Hades.
Who is the God that planet Pluto is named for?
Hades, God of the underworld, is the other name for Pluto.
Who was Hades named after?
Hades was named after himself. There was no Hades before him. His name means 'the unseen one'.
Why did they name the drawf planet Pluto?
All of the planets are named after Roman gods and goddesses, Pluto was the Roman form of Hades.
Is Pluto named after something?
The dwarf planet, Pluto, was named for the Greek God of the underworld.
Who was the Mother of Hades?
Hades' mother is named Rhea.
Is anything named after the greek god hades?
Hades now means death and hell, but nothing has been named after him.
Who is hades husband marred person?
Hades' wife is named Persephone.
