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Mercury - Greek = Hermes, the messenger of the gods - older name was Stilbon, the gleaming

Venus - Greek = Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, older name was Phosphoros, bringer of light

Earth - Greek = Gaia, mother earth

Mars - Greek = Ares, the God of War, also known as Areos aster, star of Ares

Jupiter - Greek = Zeus, king of gods

Saturn - Greek = Kronos, the god of agriculture


The names we use now are all Roman in origin except Uranus and Earth, but the naming conventions were maintained with the more recently discovered planets.

Uranus - Greek, god of the heavens

Neptune - Greek = Poseidon, the god of the sea.

Pluto - Greek = Hades, the god of the underworld

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