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the planet mercury was named after the roman god mercury because it's the planet that rotates the sun the fastest than any other planet. they named it mercury because the roman god mercury was really fast because he sent messages for other gods.
The ones who discovered the element mercury were the ancients
no one really knows who named mercury and in what year :] :}
No. But there is a Roman god named Mercury.
The Romans named the planet Mercury in ancient times, and later Europeans adopted it. The messenger god Mercury was the Roman form of the earlier Greek god Hermes.
Mercury is named for hermes, Mercury is hermes roman name
the planet Mercury is named after the god... Mercury!
The planet Mercury was named after the fast-footed Roman messenger of the gods, Mercury.
Mercury is not named after Apollo; it is actually named after the Roman god of mythology Mercury, who was the messenger of the gods. In Greek mythology, Mercury was known as Hermes.
Mercury was named after Hermes, the Roman god of travel.
Yes, the planet Mercury was named after the god Mercury. Mercury's other names are Thoth and Hermes (pronounced Her-meez).it wasn't named after a god it was named after a messenger when he found the planet in the sky so he named it mercury.
mercury was named by the Romans after a messenger god.
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the planet mercury was named after the roman god mercury because it's the planet that rotates the sun the fastest than any other planet. they named it mercury because the roman god mercury was really fast because he sent messages for other gods.
The Roman god Mercury.
It was named after the Roman god Mercury.
Mercury is named after Mercury, the mythical Roman winged messenger and escort od dead souls to the underworld. It was named for the fast Mercury because it is the fastest moving planet.