i want proof! not some stupid tale about some god's name was chosen to be the name...
2006-08-15 03:15:58 · 17 answers · asked by ##$SoulStryker$## 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Check out the link I provided below. This is an excerpt from that link:
The story behind the names of the planets was written long ago by early stargazers -- the first astronomers to focus attention on the sun, the moon, and the visible planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. They believed that each of these celestial bodies influenced a particular day of the week. Diverse cultures ascribed the names of their gods to individual planets (with the notable exception of Earth).
2006-08-15 03:21:08 · answer #1 · answered by statistics 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some are named after the people who discovered them. I think.
2006-08-15 10:20:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually the person who discovers it names it.
2006-08-15 10:19:46 · answer #3 · answered by a kinder, gentler me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe Galileo discovered some of them and he was interested in greek and roman mythology
2006-08-15 10:31:22 · answer #4 · answered by ngl_mccall 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The NASA spoofs give then the name
2006-08-15 10:35:28 · answer #5 · answered by Zig It 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their parents name them.
2006-08-15 10:19:35 · answer #6 · answered by Randy Marsh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well then i don't know. cause i only heard bout' them being gived the gods names.
2006-08-15 10:19:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well that is simple, monkeys named them.
2006-08-15 10:28:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ACTUALLY IF YOU FIND A PLANET OR STAR, YOU GET TO NAME IT. ITS THAT SIMPLE
2006-08-15 10:19:59 · answer #9 · answered by R Squared 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people gave them
2006-08-15 10:22:18 · answer #10 · answered by Jubei 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋