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The planets of the Solar system are named after the Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses: Hermes/ Mercury, Aphrodite/ Venus, Ares/ Mars, Zeus/ Jupiter, Kronos/ Saturn, Uranus, Posidon/ Neptune and Hades/ Pluto in order of their orbit. The first God and Goddess were Uranus and Gaia. Kronos and Rhea were their successors. Zeus son of Kronos and Rhea was the leading God of the Ancient times along with his family memebrs [brothers, sisters, sons and daughters].
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Which Greek goddesses and gods are named after planets?
No gods are named after planets. But the planets are named after Roman gods.
What were the planets named after?
Some of the planets were named after greek or roman gods.
What type of gods are the planets named after?
All planets are named after Roman Gods
How many god or goddess were named after stars and planets?
You have that backwards. The planets were named for the gods.
How do planets get greek names?
planets were named as discovered, so when the Greeks found them the were named with greek,
What is the planets name for?
the planets were named after roman gods
How many planets are that there are named?
In our solar system there are 8 true planets and hundreds of dwarf planets, in other solar systems around 404 planets have been named.
Who are the planets of the solar suystem named after?
All of the planets, except the Earth, are named after mythical Roman gods.
What are the gas giant planets named after?
the gas planets are named after the greek gods and goddesses like Aries
How many unnamed planets are there?
i think there are about 1000000000000000 planets not named
What did Greeks and Romans name planets after?
They named the planets after their gods.
What are the solar system's planets named for?
Most of our planets are named from greek gods except earth, Saturn and uranus.
