Venus, Mars, Neptune, Jupiter, Pluto (dwarf), Mercury, Sun (star), and Moon (moon). These were all the Roman equivalents for Greek gods. For example Hades' Roman name was Pluto. Additional answer: The planets Uranus and Saturn(us) also belong to this gang. In addition the moons of the planets have names from mythology.
All of the planets except Earth and Uranus and arguably Pluto were named for Roman Divinities.
Uranus is named for Ouranos, father Kronos and the Titans. His Roman counterpart was Caelos.
Pluto is commonly though to be the Roman name for Hades, but in fact Pluto is just a Latin version of Plouton, the Greek god of the Underworld. His Roman Counterpart was Dis Pater.
None of the major planets names come from Greek mythology. Seven of them come from Roman mythology and one comes from Old English (Earth).
The only dwarf planet whose name comes from Greek mythology is Eris.
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The planets in our solar system are named after Roman gods.
In our solar system only Pluto.
All the others are Latin names. There are however Greek names for all the Latin names of Gods (most of which the Romans 'stole' from the Greeks).
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Uranus was named after the Roman god of the Sky. Uranus was the father of Saturn in Roman mythology, and Cronos in Greek mythology. Uranus and Cronos were considered titans in Greek mythology, while the Romans considered Uranus and Saturn gods.
If you mean planets, the main planets, the planets in the Solar System were named after Roman gods. The exceptions are the Earth and Uranus. Uranus comes from Greek mythology.
the planets were named after the greek god and the godess
Neptune Was a Mythical King, And now, one of our planets is named after him.
Helimede is one of Neptune's moons that are named after sea nymphs in Greek mythology. This is regarded as one of the Nereids.
The gods in Greek mythology are not tied to the planets. The Greek gods were renamed by the Romans and after the discovery of different planets, these such planets were named after these "Roman God's" Ex: Roman-Pluto Greek-Hades
Uranus was named after the Roman god of the Sky. Uranus was the father of Saturn in Roman mythology, and Cronos in Greek mythology. Uranus and Cronos were considered titans in Greek mythology, while the Romans considered Uranus and Saturn gods.
The Earth. All other planets were named for Greek gods (Mercury, Venus, Mars, etc.)
There is no-one named Peninsula in Greek mythology.
They were named after gods.
planets were named as discovered, so when the Greeks found them the were named with greek,
the planet Jupiter named after the roman god in roman mythology
Some of the planets were named after greek or roman gods.
No gods are named after planets. But the planets are named after Roman gods.
In Greek mythology there is a legend about a girl named "Collesta"
No, I don't believe there is anyone named Emily in Greek mythology.
The tales say that over millenniums of time rocks, planets, etc. crashed together creating the greek titaness Gaea. The dust shot up into the air making a male named Uranus. They populated children and named their race 'titans'. Kind of like the story in the bible 'Adam and Eve'Answer:The Greek scholar and grammarian, Apollodorus, created Greek Mythology. Though it was the Roman poet Ovid who created Roman Mythology and started off the characters that are now in Greek Mythology. (Greek and Roman Mythology are the same, but have a different telling of stories.)