Why is Pluto named after a god?

Answer 1

The official names of planets and their moons are governed by an organization called the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The IAU adopted or rather continued the convention of naming the planets circling the Sun with the names of Mythological gods of the Roman pantheon (Pluto is the Roman name for the Greek god Hades).

Also ... Pluto (Hades) ruled the outer dark.

Hades ruled the Underworld. He spent most of his time in the Underworld rather than Mount Olympus with his fellow Olympians. Hades was far away from the rest of the gods just as Pluto is far away from the rest of the planets.

Answer 2

the planet was actually only named after the greek god. and to answer your question, The guy who discovered Pluto was looking at Pluto and saw it's icey coldness and since planets are named after Roman and sometime Greek gods Pluto was the guy who ruled the cold icey underworld so he fit te bill perfectly

Answer 3

Most of the planets were named after roman gods. These include Mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, satrurn, and neptune. The guy who discovered pluto, Clyde W. Tombaugh, was influenced by the cold darkness of the planet. Since the underworld in roman mythology was considered dark and cold, Pluto was only fitting.

Answer 4

First of all Pluto is the ROMAN god of the underworld. The reason why the dwarf planet, Pluto was named Pluto because in roman (and other) mythology the underworld was dark and cold. And because Pluto is so far from the sun it is dark and cold like the roman underworld.

Answer 5

All the solar planets are names after mythical Greek/Roman gods.

Answer 6

Pluto is Hades' Roman name. It was given to him by the Romans when they 'adopted' the Greek Gods.

Answer 7

Hades is his original Greek name, when the Romans adopted Greek Gods they gave them different names. Hades' Roman name is Pluto.