Neptune was named after the god Posiedon.
you must give posideon a starfish as an offering
Athens is named after athena. Posideon and Athena both wanted to be guardians of it so they had a contest to see who could give the city a better gift. Posideon struck his trident against the earth and made a spring, but it was saltwater and useless. Athena gave the city the first olive tree. So the city was named Athens after Athena, the clear winner of the contest.
No, Uranium is not named after a planet. It is named after the planet Uranus, which in turn is named after the ancient Greek god of the sky.
The ancient Roman people named the planet Venus. The planet was named after the goddess of the same name.
It was the other way round. Uranium was named after a planet. That planet was Uranus.
Named after what?
Posideon and hades
God of the sea.
A god.
Percy Jackson
Uranium is named after Uranus, the seventh planet from our sun.
Plutonium is named after the planet Pluto. Neptunium is named after the planet Neptune. Uranium is named after the planet Uranus.