Mercury was named after the Roman messenger god, Mercury, who was equivalent to the Greek god Hermes. The planet appeared to move quickly across the sky, similar to the fast-moving messenger god in mythology, hence the association.
Element: Mercury, Closest planet to the sun: Mercury
The element mercury is named after the planet Mercury, the closest planet to the sun in our solar system. Both the planet and the element were named after the Roman god Mercury, who was known for his swiftness, as mercury is a fast-moving liquid metal.
Artemis is not the name of a planet. It is actually the name of the Greek goddess of the hunt and the moon.
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Scientist did not name Mercury, Roman/ Greek Gods did. They named it Mercury because it was the fastest moving planet out of all Planets.
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.
The name of the Roman god Mercury, who's Hermes in Greek mythology. Mercury was known as the messenger :)
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 planet Mercury was named after the Greek god Hermes. Mercury is his Roman name. A Latin god - the messenger (i.e. the swift one).
because the god mercury was fast and since the planet mercury was fast the name was perfect. The name of the god Mercury was the Roman name for the Greek god Hermes. It is doubtful if Julius Caesar named the planet as it had been called either Hermes or Mercury for hundreds of years before Caesar.
Roman God ; Mercury Classical Greek God ; Hermes
The Greek name for Mercury is Hermes
The planet Mercury was named after the Roman god of commerce, travel, and communication, because of its swiftness in orbiting the sun. In Greek mythology, Hermes was the equivalent of the Roman god Mercury, and both were known for their speed and agility.
Named after the planet Mercury. Mercury's chemical symbol comes from the Greek word hydrargyrum, which means "liquid silver."
The English name for the planet comes from the Romans, who named it after the Roman god Mercury, which they equated with the Greek god Hermes.
Well the Greek messenger of the Gods is Hermes, but the Roman name is Mercury.