what is the origin of the name for the planet saturn?

Answer 1

Saturn was the Roman God of Agriculture, the equivalent of the Greek Kronos, father of Zeus and Jupiter was the Roman equivalent of the Greek Zeus.

Saturn gives his name to Saturday and to a winter solstic festival the Romans held in his honour on December 17 th, though it later extended to a whole week. It was a time to eat, drink, and be merry and masters and slaves switched places.

Answer 2

Saturn was a Roman god, copied from the Greek god Cronus. Many of the planets are named for Roman gods: Mercury, Mars, Neptune and Jupiter. Venus was the Roman goddess of love. What about Uranus and Pluto? These are Greek gods.

Answer 3

Saturn Was named after a roman god like all the planets were (except "xena" who is named after an obese viking lady with a dumb blonde sidekick). Saturn was the god of agriculture, the son of the god Uranus, and father of Jupitur.

Answer 4

The early Romans and Greeks named the planets after certain gods from their mythologies. Saturn was the father of Jupiter. There's quite a lot more about the subject that I'm not getting into here. Check the link if you want to know more.

Answer 5

Galileo named Saturn after the Roman God Saturn. Astronomers followed that principle for many, many years. That's why all the planets and their moons have names of Roman or Greek mythological figures...

Mercury - Messenger of the gods
Venus - God of Love
Mars - Roman god of fertility and vegetation/War
Jupiter - Roman god of the Sky
Saturn - Roman "father of the gods"
Uranus - Associated with Roman and Greek creation myth
Neptune - Roman god of the seas
Pluto - Roman god of the Underworld

Answer 6

Saturn was not a god he was a titan like atlas.