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Who gave the planets their names and when?

2023-04-10 17:34:19Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The solar system

Planet comes from the Greek word planetes. This name has been attributed, since ancient times, to celestial bodies such as the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Venus... because in the sky they seem to change their position in relation to the so-called fixed stars, writes focus.it.

From the Greeks to Copernicus

It was precisely the ancient Greek astronomers who gave their names to the individual planets, who over the centuries conducted deep studies on the solar system.

Just think of Aristarchus of Samos, who lived in the third century BC, who considered the Sun to be the center of the solar system.

But the theory was not accepted until eighteen centuries later, when the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus proposed it again.

In naming the various planets, the Greeks referred to the Olympian gods. Thus we have that the brightest planet, Venus, was named after the goddess of beauty; to the swiftest mover, the name of Mercury, messenger of the gods; to Mars, a reddish planet, the name of the god of war; Jupiter, which is the largest planet, was associated with the most important deity in mythology; for Saturn, who was more distant, the father god of Jupiter and other deities was chosen.

The last "baptisms".

At that time, the planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were unknown because they were too far away and visible only with optical instruments.

In fact they were discovered later, namely in 1781, in 1846 and in 1930. But they were also baptized with names taken from Greek mythology out of respect for tradition.


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