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Why is the planet Neptune named after a god?

April 26, 2017god named Neptune Planet

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Why is the planet Neptune named after a god?

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Neptune, god of the sea, was suggested by the blue color of the planet. Initially the French mathematician Urbain LeVerrier (who predicted its position) wanted to name it for himself, offering to adopt Herschel as the official name for Uranus, discovered 65 years earlier.