space planet name origins with kayla &Hannah. This blog provides info about planets and gods.
Planets and gods
About 2,300 years ago the astronomer Aristotle gave the planets
names of Greek gods. Aristotle did his best to match the characters the gods
where supposed to have with what he knew about planets- there speed, brightness,
and colour. Later greek writing about the planets was translated into the Latin
language, so the greek planet names were changed to the names of the equivalent
Roman gods. Hermes became Mercury, Aphrodite became Venus, Ares became Mars,
Zeus became Jupiter, and Cronos became Saturn.
planets
Earth
Wednesday 23 November 2011
EARTH
Earth is the only planet that isnt named after a roman god. Earth is named Earth
because this name means ground or soil.
I think the NAME Earth is pretty boring because it doesnt really have any history such as the other planets.
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