What are the mythologic greek names of our stellar system's main bodies?

Question

Alright: most of our stellar system's main planets are named according to the latin translated names of Deities from Greek Mythology.

- but what are their GREEK name?

Example: Jupiter (latin) = Zeus (greek)

Sun = Helios?
Mercury = ?
Venus = ?
Earth = ?
Moon = ?
Mars = ?
Ceres = ?
Vesta = ?
Pallas = ?
Asteroïds = ?
Jupiter = Zeus; its satelites = ?
Saturne = Cronos; its satelites = ?
Uranus = Ouranos; its satelites = ?
Neptune = Poseïdon; its satelites = ?
Pluto = Hades; its satelites (3) = ?
Kuiper Belt's objects, transneptunian objects = ?
Comets, lagrangian asteroïds, etc = ?

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I would like to name our stellar system's main objects according to their roots, ie the ancient Greek Mythology.

Thx for helping me in this task :-)

Answer 1

I've already done this kind of project for myself, so I like to think I know what I'm doing and that I'm correct in my mythology, I love mythology. By the time I'm done, this answer will be quite long and will read both as the social pages and genealogical survey of the Ancient Gods. I have to say, unfortunately, that several of the answers previous to my own are incorrect. Allow me to offer the proper "translations" for you and I hope you find them helpful.

Sun = In some myths, Helios is the sun itself, Apollo is the god of the sun, drawing the sun behind his chariot across the Daytime sky. (Oddly enough, Apollo is both Greek and Roman)

Mercury = Hermes, the male messenger of the gods. His counterpart, Hebe, a daughter of Zeus and Hera, served as female messenger, cupbearer, or handmaiden to Hera, depending on the myth.
Mercury has no known satelites.

Venus = Aphrodite, the goddess of love.
Venus has no satelites.

Earth = Gaia, the original mother; a Titan goddess.
Earth's satelite = The Moon: In some myths, Selene is the moon itself, and sister to Helios. The twin sister of Apollo, Artemis, is the goddess of the moon, and draws the moon behind her chariot across the Nighttime sky. (Artemis is called Diana in Roman myths)

Mars = Ares, the god of war.
Mars's satelites = Phobos and Deimos: sons by Aphrodite are Fear and Panic.

Jupiter = Zeus, seemingly god of most everything else that isn't designated to another deity.
Jupiter's satelites = Metis, goddess of Wisdom, mother of Athena; Adrastea, goddess of reward, punishment and divine retribution, daughter of Ananke; Amalthea, in some myths, the nymph or her goat who nursed the infant Zeus; Thebe, a nymph; Io, a mortal maiden; Europa, a mortal princess, the mother of Minos; Ganymede, a mortal boy, whom Zeus incorporated as male cupbearer to the gods; Callisto, a maid attending Artemis, the mother of Arcas. Through circumstances, Callisto and Arcas were transformed into the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor; Leda, the mortal mother of 2 sets of twins...by Zeus, Pollux and Helen (of Troy), by her husband, Castor and Clytemnestra. Castor and Pollux are the constellation Gemini; Himalia, a nymph; Lysithea, daughter of Oceanus; Elara, the mother of a giant; Ananke, goddess of Destiny, mother of Adrastea and the Fates; Carme, goddess of grain, mother of Britomartis; Pasiphae, the wife of Minos and mother of the Minotaur; Sinope, a mortal woman.

Saturn = Cronos, the god of agriculture, father of Zeus (along with Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, and Poseidon).
Saturn's satelites = Pan, a faun (part human, part goat) god of the woods; Atlas, a Titan, who bears the heavens on his shoulder, brother to Prometheus and Epimetheus; Prometheus, the one who brought fire to mankind, and paid for it; Pandora, the one who opened her infamous Box, wife to Epimetheus; Epimetheus, mythologically, he made the animals of the world, a task so wonderful his brother Prometheus tried to beat his efforts; Janus, the god of gates and doorways, with a face pointing in 2 directions; Mimas, a Titan slain by Heracles*; Enceladus, a Titan supposedly buried under Mt. Etna; Tethys, a Titan goddess of the Sea; Telesto, a sea nymph, daughter of Tethys; Calypso, goddess of Silence, Dione, depending on the myth, she and Zeus are the parents of Aphrodite (in other myths, Aphrodite was born of the foam of the sea where it churned the dismembered parts of Uranus); Helene, an Amazon; Rhea, wife of Saturn, mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus; Titan, giant children of Gaia and Uranus; Hyperion, a Titan, father of Helios and Selene; Iapetus, a Titan, father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas; Phoebe, grandmother to Apollo and Artemis.

Uranus = Ouranos, god of the heavens.
Uranus's satelites (don't seem to be steeping in mythological context, but in Shakespeare) = Cordelia, "King Lear"; Ophelia, "Hamlet"; Bianca, "Taming of the Shrew"; Cressida, "Troilus and Cressida"; Desdemona, "Othello"; Juliet, "Romeo and Juliet"; Portia, "Merchant of Venice"; Rosalind, "As You Like It"; Belinda, "The Rape of the Lock" (by Alexander Pope); Puck, "A Midsummer-Night's Dream"; Miranda, "The Tempest"; Ariel, "The Tempest"; Umbriel, "The Rape of the Lock" (by Alexander Pope); Titania, "A Midsummer-Night's Dream"; Oberon, "A Midsummer-Night's Dream"; Caliban, Sycorax, Trinculo, Prospero, Setebos, and Stephano, "The Tempest."
Note: Uranus also has a number of satelites which aren't named, merely numbered. I have not listed them here.

Neptune = Poseïdon, god of the sea.
Neptune's satelites = Naiad, fresh-water nymphs; Thalassa, goddess of the sea; Despina, a nymph by Demeter; Galatea, a Nereid; Larissa, daughter of Pelasgus; Proteus, the shape-shifting Old Man of the Sea; Triton, a merman, son of Posiedon; Nereid, sea-water nymphs.

Pluto = Hades, god of the underworld.
Pluto's satelites = Charon, the ferryman transporting the dead across the River Acheron; Nix, goddess of night; Hydra, a monster which Heracles* was assigned to kill.

Asteroïds = before your question, I didn't know the Asteroids had names. So this part is mostly from new research. I'll post the link below for you. Thanks for pointing me in this direction!

Aten, a minor Egyptian sun god; Amun, originally the Egyptian god of Wind and Air, but later the Great Sun god; Icarus, the Greek boy who flew too close to the sun; Eros, (Cupid to the Romans) god of love, not all myths portray him as a cherub or infant, but also as a youth and man; Apollo, god of the sun; Hephaistos, (Vulcan to the Romans) blacksmith to the gods, god of violent fire and the forge; Gaspra, UNKNOWN; Vesta = Hestia, goddess of the hearth fire, home, and domesticity. In Roman mythology, she's worshipped as the goddess of the Vestial Virgins; Juno = Hera, goddess of marriage and birth, wife to Zeus; Eunomia, goddess of lawfulness; Ceres = Demeter, goddess of the Earth and harvest, agriculture. Her grief over the abduction of her daughter, Persephone, is believed in myths to account for the harvest's end and the winter snows. Aside from Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, Demeter's namesake in our solar system is perhaps the Earth itself; Pallas (Minerva)= Athena, goddess of war; Ida, in some myths, a second nymph who nursed or raised the infant Zeus; Europa, a mortal princess, the mother of Minos; Hygiea, gave her name to "hygiene" and reportedly, it's her pet snake around the rod of Asclepius, the Caduceus, which is still a symbol of medicine today; Davida, UNKNOWN; Agamemnon, leader of the Greek armies against Troy; Chiron, a centaur, also a teacher and healer

*Heracles = Hercules: note the spellings. Heracles is Greek, Hercules is Roman. In one story, Zeus tricked Hera into nursing the infant without her knowing who the infant was. In another story, Hera knew who he was and prevented his mother Alcmene from birthing him before another woman bore his cousin, Eurystheus.

Answer 2

Sun = Helios
Mercury = Apollo (mornin), Hermes (evening)
Venus =Aphrodite
Earth = Gaia
Moon = ?
Mars = Ares
Ceres = ?
Vesta = ?
Pallas = ?
Asteroïds = ?
Jupiter = Zeus; its satelites = ?
Saturne = Cronos; its satelites = ?
Uranus = Ouranos; its satelites = ?
Neptune = Poseïdon; its satelites = ?
Pluto = Pluton—not the expected Hades; its satelites (3) = ?
Kuiper Belt's objects, transneptunian objects = ?
Comets, lagrangian asteroïds, etc = ?


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Answer 3

Sun = Helios?
Mercury = Ermis
Venus = Afroditi
Earth = Gaia
Moon = Selini
Mars = Aris
Ceres = Dimitra
Vesta = Estia
Pallas = Pallas (Athena)
Asteroïds = ?
Jupiter = Zeus; it has 63 satelites. The most known= Leda, Ananke, Himalia, Carme, Lysithea, Pasiphae, Elara, Sinope rest in :
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/jupouter.html
Saturne = Cronos; it has 56 satelites. Get the names from here:
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~sheppard/satellites/satsatdata.html
Uranus = Ouranos; it has 27 satelites. Get the names here:
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~sheppard/satellites/satsatdata.html
Neptune = Poseïdon; it has 13 satelites.names:
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~sheppard/satellites/nepsatdata.html

Pluto = Hades; it has 3 satelites names: Charon, P1, P2. (the last two have not official names)

Answer 4

Sun = Helios
Mercury = Hermes
Venus = Aphrodite
Earth = Gaiea
Moon = Luna
Mars = Ares
Vesta = Hestia
Jupiter = Zeus
Saturne = Cronos
Uranus = Ouranos
Neptune = Poseidon
Pluto = Hades

Answer 5

If we were all the same, wouldn't that suck? Yup... If everything was entirely one system, then where does free will come in? I know the world could be better, I think if everyone had enough to survive and there were none who had more than others, it would be better. We would need incorruptible leaders and powers, though who would strive for the best for everybody and respect everyone equally and everyone would be treated the same also, and I think it would help if people were more social also, and were not deceived into going to war, driking flouride in their water, etc.

Answer 6

Venus=Aphrodite Goddess of Beauty...the planet was named that because early astronomers thought the clouds on the planet made it beautiful before learning that its atmosphere was toxic.

Mars=Aries God of War (because of its Red Color)

I'm not sure about Mercury's Greek name, but, Mercury is the messenger God, the fastest among the gods and since the planet has the fastest orbit in our solar system, its was named as such.

Thats all I can remember from my Classics Classes...hope this helps.

Answer 7

Mercury=Hermes
Venus=Aphrodite
Pallas=Athena?

Answer 8

The question has little to do with stellar bodies; you could have asked what greek divinities correspond to the roman ones ^^

You'll find what you need here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman/Greek_equivalency_in_mythology

Answer 9

MRCRY- HERMES
VENUS- APHRODITES
MARS-ARIES