In Roman mythology, Saturn is the father of Jupiter, so the new planet used the Greek name for Saturn's father - Uranus. When another new planet was announced almost 100 years later, it was named ...

Uranus was one of the earliest gods in Greek mythology. He was the god of the sky and the son/husband of Gaia, the mother of the Earth. Their offspring included the Titans, who overthrew their ...

Second, Saturn is the father of Jupiter in mythology, and Uranus’s Roman counterpart (Caelus) ... that Uranus is the only Greek god amongst a planetary neighborhood full of Romans.

Uranus has 27 moons and, ... All of them represent Greek and Roman water mythology. The largest moon is Triton, which is nearly as large as Earth’s Moon. The most recently discovered ...

Uranus' new moon, S/2023 U1, is only around 5 miles ... the newly recognized bodies will be named after the Nereids — the daughters of the sea god Nereus from Greek mythology.

Uranus' new moon, the first detected ... Both Neptunian moons will be assigned permanent names based on sea gods and nymphs in Greek mythology. Related: Uranus and Neptune are actually similar ...