2006-12-17 07:02:12 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Because it was greek astrologers that found them first and it was the greeks that named them after gods. Aristotle and many other philosphers contributed to the naming.
2006-12-17 10:20:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Greeks named most of them.
2006-12-17 15:04:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto isn't a planet!
BTW. Mars, Neptune and Jupiter are Roman, not Greek
2006-12-17 15:12:37 · answer #3 · answered by Z 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because all the planets are Greek. Why do you ask, would you rather Pluto be Peter?
2006-12-17 15:06:24 · answer #4 · answered by Masta Batang Dollar Billz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the Greeks were the first real scientific civilization that was into astronomy, plus they were regarding these planets as Gods and gave them names. so....
2006-12-17 15:05:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe greek people named them our maybe they were named in the time when no one speaked english!!!
2006-12-17 15:11:47 · answer #6 · answered by Becky<3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roman names
2006-12-17 17:53:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Initially, it was because of when they were named and their believed astrological connections. The planets located later were named likewise solely for continuity. The constellations did not receive the same treatment. That's why northern hemisphere constellations are grouped by one epoch, and southern constellations by another. Voila!
2006-12-17 15:08:23 · answer #8 · answered by ericscribener 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like Mars, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune? Right.
Yeah, they don't say Ares, Hermes, Aphrodite, Gee, Zeus (Dias) and Cronos. Surprise!
2006-12-17 17:45:30 · answer #9 · answered by I am NOT George Bush 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You ask a lot of Greek questions....Why?
2006-12-17 15:04:31 · answer #10 · answered by FRANKFUSS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋