Planets Named After Gods
Lincoln abraham lincoln 1809 1865 sixteenth president of the united states.
Planets named after gods. The idea of planets has evolved over its history from the divine lights of antiquity to the earthly objects of the scientific age. The concept has expanded to. Body description date of discovery discovery location discoverer mars named by the romans for their god of war because of its. The seven day week and the meanings of the names of the days.
The seven day week the naming of the days sunday suns day monday moons day tuesday tius day. The names of the days of the week in many languages are derived from the names of the classical planets in hellenistic astrology which were in turn named after. When another three planets were discovered in more recent times namely uranus neptune and pluto they were also given the names of graeco roman gods continuing. Dwarf planets are planetary mass objects orbiting the sun that are massive enough to be rounded by their own gravity but are not planets or satellites.