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Who name saturn?
The Romans were the first to give names to the brightest starts they saw in the sky. The name for the planet Saturn was taken from the god of the harvest by the name of Saturnus.
What was the planet Saturn named after?
Saturn was named after the Roman god of agriculture. In Roman mythology Saturn was the father of Jupiter. Saturn is also named after the Roman god of time because it was the slowest planet that the Romans saw that orbited the sun, and god of time was very slow. -Kareena Kapoor wrote this... The god of time is Kronos by the way
How did Saturn the planet gets its name?
· Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn. In other mythologies Saturn is supposed to be equal to the Greek Kronos, the Babylonian Ninurta and the Hindu God Shani.
How was Saturn's name picked?
The name Saturn is derived from the Roman god of agriculture and wealth Saturnus. According to Roman mythology Saturnus was the son of Caelus the god of sky and Terra the goddess of earth. He is the father of Jupiter the god of sky and Neptune the god of the sea. Saturnus was associated with agriculture and harvest and was believed to have taught humans the skills of farming plowing and sowing seeds. His festival Saturnalia was celebrated with great joy and feasting in December.The Romans believed that Saturnus was the father of the human race so to honor him they gave Saturday the seventh day of the week his name. The Greeks who also worshiped Saturnus referred to him as Cronos. In English Cronos was translated as Chronos which was eventually changed to Saturn.
Why is Saturn named after the Roman god Saturnus?
Yes it is. The planet Saturn is named after the Roman god of farming, Saturn was also the father of the Roman god Jupiter. The planet's symbol is a sickle, a tool that belonged to the Roman god of harvest and was also the weapon Cronos used to castrate and depose his father, Uranus.
Saturn is named after?
The Roman god of agriculture, Saturnus.
Is there another name for the planet Saturn?
No, Saturn was named after the Greek God Saturnus
What is the orgin of the name of planet Saturn?
It was named after the Roman God Saturn (Saturnus in Latin)
Why is Saturn named after the Greek god Saturnus?
no one knows why but scientests beleve that it was named after zues
How did Saturn get its name?
Like all of the planets, except Earth, Saturn is named after a character in Roman mythology. Saturn is named after the god Saturnus. Saturnus was the Roman god of agriculture. This is also where we get the word Saturday from.Saturn was named after the ancient roman god of agriculture, saturnus
Why did they name Saturn after the roman go saturnus?
Saturn was named after the Roman god of agriculture. The Romans named the planets they saw after the important gods of their mythology.
How was Saturn named?
Saturn means: Saturn was the Roman god of agriculture. He was called Kronos by the Greeks. He is the son of Uranus and the father of Jupiter. Saturn overthrew his father to become king of the gods, but was then overthrown himself by his son Jupiter.
What greek god was Saturn named after?
Saturn was named after the Roman god of agriculture
Where did Saturns name come from?
The planet Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturnus, who was equated to the Greek god Kronos (the father of Zeus), the Babylonian Ninurta and to the Hindu Shani. Saturn's symbol represents the god's sickle.
What person was Saturn named after?
The planet Saturn was not named after a person, but after the ancient Roman god, Saturnus, who was, among other things, considered to be the father of Jupiter, the King of the Gods.
What does Saturn mean in Latin?
Saturn is derived from the Latin word Saturnus. Saturnus was the Roman god of agriculture and harvest.
What is Saturn named for?
Saturn is named for Saturnus, a Roman god equated to the Greek Kronos (the Titan father of Zeus) the Babylonian Ninurta and to the Hindu Shani. Saturn's symbol represents the god's sickle (Unicode: ♄)
