Planets named after Greek Gods by Roman Astronomers

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SOURCES & FURTHER READING
The Solar System: https://www.space.com/16080-solar-system-planets.html
Why Are Planets Named After Gods?: http://historybuff.com/why-are-the-planets-named-after-roman-gods-kbxeD8a1q6OL
Mercury Facts: https://www.space.com/36-mercury-the-suns-closest-planetary-neighbor.html
The God Mercury: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mercury-Roman-god
Venus Facts: https://www.space.com/44-venus-second-planet-from-the-sun-brightest-planet-in-solar-system.html
How Did Earth Get It’s Name?: https://www.livescience.com/32274-how-did-earth-get-its-name.html
Why is Earth the only planet not named after a Roman God?: https://medium.com/teaching-classics/why-is-earth-the-only-planet-not-named-after-a-roman-god-405823ede1d9
Tellus: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tellus
Terra Firma on Etymonline: http://www.etymonline.com/word/terra%20firma
Mars Facts: https://www.space.com/47-mars-the-red-planet-fourth-planet-from-the-sun.html
The Moons of Mars: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/mars/moons
Jupiter Facts: https://www.space.com/7-jupiter-largest-planet-solar-system.html
The Galilean moons of Jupiter: https://futurism.com/the-galilean-moons-of-jupiter/
What Is Juno?: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-juno-k4.html
Saturn Facts: https://www.space.com/48-saturn-the-solar-systems-major-ring-bearer.html
Saturn’s Rings: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/ring-a-round-the-saturn.html
Moons of Saturn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Saturn#Naming
Uranus Facts: https://www.space.com/45-uranus-seventh-planet-in-earths-solar-system-was-first-discovered-planet.html
How To Pronounce Uranus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3ppbbYXMxE
Moons of Uranus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Uranus
Uranus Facts: https://www.space.com/45-uranus-seventh-planet-in-earths-solar-system-was-first-discovered-planet.html
Neptune Facts: https://www.space.com/41-neptune-the-other-blue-planet-in-our-solar-system.html
Neptune, Roman God of the Sea: https://www.windows2universe.org/mythology/Definitions_gods/Neptune_def.html
Pluto Facts: https://www.space.com/43-pluto-the-ninth-planet-that-was-a-dwarf.html
Pluto, King of the Underworld: http://www.crystalinks.com/plutorome.html

PHOTO SOURCES
Cicero at the senate: Cesare Maccari
The Babylonian Marriage Market: Edwin Long
Mercury: Hendrik Goltzius
Greenhouse: Simon Müller
Terra: Marie-Lan Nguyen
Ares: Jastrow
Jupiter: Sailko
Zeus & IO: Paris Bordone
Ganymede: Eustache Le Sueur
Calisto: François Boucher
Europa: Jean François de Troy
Atlas V with Juno: NASA
Juno: shakko
Saturn: Polidoro da Caravaggio
The Mutiliation of Uranus: Giorgio Vasari
Neptune: Baldiri
Armband of Triton: PHGCOM
Pluto: Mel22

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