What is the nickname for Ceres?

Answer 1

The planets are named after Greek and Roman Gods, who believed them to the spirits of the Gods and also had effect on our lives. As Ceres contains water it is possible however remote that it contains life or has the ability to have life, The Goddess was the Goddess of growing plants, the harvest and motherly love. The name seems fitting.

Answer 2

Ceres is named after the Roman goddess Ceres - the goddess of growing plants, the harvest, and of motherly love.

Answer 3

Ceres is also known as Demeter, is the mother of persephone, the wife of Pluto and the sister of Jupiter. (also one of the 12 major roman/greek goddesses)

Answer 4

Guiseppe Piazzi named Ceres after the Roman goddess of grain and agriculture.

Answer 5

Ceres is the Roman Goddess of harvests and agriculture, and she was equated by the Romans with the Hellenic Goddess Dēmḗtēr, who shared many of her attributes and functions.