The planet Mercury moves rapidly across the sky. The Greek God Mercury moved rapidly because he was the messenger of the Gods. The one suggested the other so the planet was given the name of the Greek God.
The name of the Roman god Mercury is Mercury (!). His name has been given to a metal and a planet. His Greek equivalent was Hermes.
Mercury was given by the Romans to be their Hermes.
Farrokh Bulsara is Freddie Mercury's real name. He had never had a middle name(Edit- His real name was always Farrokh, however in 1970 or 1971, he changed his last name to Mercury. If anyone had ever called him by his true name after then, it would have been "Farrokh Mercury". Freddie was a nickname given to him when he was very young.
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Mercury was the name given to the first American space program.
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto but it's a dwarf planet.
In the Roman mythology, Mercury is the god of travel, trade and thievery. Mercury is also known as Hermes, the messenger of the gods, according to the Greeks. It got this name most likely because it moves across the sky really quickly and it takes only 88 days for it to orbit around the sun.
Mercury's Roman name is Mercury. And his Greek name is Hermes.
mercury what is the significance of the name
The Greek name for Mercury is Hermes
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