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... so easy to see, humans have known about Venus since ancient times, although it was first thought to be a star. Ancient Mayans called it Chak'ek—the Great Star—and ... Greeks thought it was two planets and called it Hesperus when it appeared in the western evening sky and Phosphorus when it appeared in the eastern morning sky. Finally, the planet was named Venus after the ...
... its name from an early English word for the soil beneath our feet. The ancients referred to it as "Mother Earth" because it provided everything we needed, just as our human mothers did ... how desolate it was, they looked back at their home planet, which looked so welcoming in contrast, and called it the "Good Earth." How ...
... names during its history. After its discovery, the planet was first named the Georgian Planet, or George for short, after England's King George III. Astronomers outside of England, however, did not approve of the name and could not agree upon an appropriate name for the planet. Many suggestions including Herschel, Astraea and even ...
The ancient Sumerians originally named Mercury Ubu-Idim-gud-ud. The ancient Greeks, thinking it was actually two different planets, called it Hermes when in the evening sky and Apollo when in the morning sky. Finally, the Romans named the planet after Mercury ...
... official name for Neptune, it was just known as "the planet past Uranus". Astronomers suggested several names including Le Verrier's Planet, Janus, and Oceanus. Finally, in 1846, astronomers agreed upon the name Neptune ...
Jupiter was named after the king of Olympus, a powerful figure in Roman mythology—also known as ... planet. The ancients referred to the planet as Enlil, Marduk, Udaltar, Mul-Babbar, and other names.
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We are not sure how the planet Saturn got its name. When we look to mythology, Saturn was the Roman god of fertility and agriculture.
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... the Greek god of the underworld, an appropriate name for a world at the dark outer edge of the solar system. Also, its first two letters are the initials of Percival Lowell ...
The Romans named Mars after the god of war, also known to the Greeks as Ares. Before then, ...
... dark location in the country, late on a summer night, you will see how the Milky Way got its name. There are so many stars, so close together and so far away, that ...
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