Neptune was the Roman version of Poseidon so planet Neptune is named after it.
No, Uranium is not named after a planet. It is named after the planet Uranus, which in turn is named after the ancient Greek god of the sky.
In Greek mythology, the god of the heavens is Ouranos, like our planet Uranus.
It is Neptune. Poseidon is the greek form of the god of the ocean. Neptune is the roman name. The original name is Neptune, since the planet is blue and ocean like.
Mars, through a Roman god was identified by the Romans with Ares.
The planet Jupiter is named after the Roman king of gods, Jupiter. Additionally, the element plutonium is named after the dwarf planet Pluto, which in turn was named after the Roman god of the underworld.
Poseidon's Roman name is Neptune. So the 8th planet from the sun is named after Poseidon.
Neptune, whose Greek god equivalent is Poseidon.
The planet Neptune was named for the Roman god of water and the seas.In the original Greek language, from whence this Roman god was taken, his name was Poisedon.
Neptune is the Roman god of the sea. He is "named" after the Greek god of the sea, Poseidon. Neptune is also the name of a planet in the solar system.
The planet Neptune is named after the Roman god Neptune, the god of the sea. Neptune is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Poseidon.
Neptune, whose Greek god equivalent is Poseidon.
The god is Neptune, king of the sea. But Neptune is not greek. The god of the sea in greek mythology is Poseidon. But Neptune it actually a roman god :P The Roman god Neptune is the same as the Greek god Poseidon, just with a different name. But the planet Neptune is named after the Roman version, not the Greek.
Poseidon was named before Neptune. Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea and was worshipped by ancient Greeks. The planet Neptune was discovered much later, in 1846, and was named after the Roman god of the sea, Neptune, who is equivalent to Poseidon in Greek mythology.
The planet Neptune is named for the Roman God of the Sea, the equivalent of the Greek Poseidon.
well his greek name is Poseidon and his roman name is Neptune...
Because the ancient Greek god Poseidon was god of the sea.
the Greek god of sea was a man named Poseidon