THE PLANET'S NAME
LETS START OFF NICE AND EASY...HOW WAS NEPTUNE CALLED NEPTUNE?
NEPTUNE WAS KNOWN AS THE GOD OF THE SEA AND ALSO KNOWN AS THE GOD OF EARTHQUAKES AND THE GOD OF HORSES. IT IS KNOWN AS THE GOD OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE NEPTUNE IS BLUE AND PEOPLE USED TO THINK IT WAS WATER. NEPTUNE IS ALSO SAID AS THE SON OF SATURN AND OPS. A PERSON NAMED JOHANN GALLE SUGGESTED THAT THE PLANET BE NAMED JANUS. THEN ANOTHER SUGGESTION WAS TO NAME THE PLANET OCEANUS. HOWEVER, THE MAN WHO FOUND NEPTUNE WAS CALLED URBAIN JEAN JOSEPH LE VERRIER DECIDED TO NAME IT NEPTUNE. URBAIN WAS BORN ON THE 11TH OF MARCH 1811 IN SAINT - LO. HE THEN DIED ON THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER IN 1877 IN PARIS. HE ALSO WON TWO DIFFERENT MEDALS WHICH ARE THE COPLEY MEDAL AND THE GOLD MEDAL OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. URBAIN LE VERRIER ALSO MARRIED A WOMAN NAMED MARIE LUCILE CLOTILDE CHOQUET. NEPTUNES GODS NAME WAS POSEIDON.
HERE'S A LITTLE QUIZ:
WHAT DOES NEPTUNE'S GOD RULE? AND WHAT WAS NEPTUNE'S GODS NAME?
NEPTUNE WAS KNOWN AS THE GOD OF THE SEA AND ALSO KNOWN AS THE GOD OF EARTHQUAKES AND THE GOD OF HORSES. IT IS KNOWN AS THE GOD OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE NEPTUNE IS BLUE AND PEOPLE USED TO THINK IT WAS WATER. NEPTUNE IS ALSO SAID AS THE SON OF SATURN AND OPS. A PERSON NAMED JOHANN GALLE SUGGESTED THAT THE PLANET BE NAMED JANUS. THEN ANOTHER SUGGESTION WAS TO NAME THE PLANET OCEANUS. HOWEVER, THE MAN WHO FOUND NEPTUNE WAS CALLED URBAIN JEAN JOSEPH LE VERRIER DECIDED TO NAME IT NEPTUNE. URBAIN WAS BORN ON THE 11TH OF MARCH 1811 IN SAINT - LO. HE THEN DIED ON THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER IN 1877 IN PARIS. HE ALSO WON TWO DIFFERENT MEDALS WHICH ARE THE COPLEY MEDAL AND THE GOLD MEDAL OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. URBAIN LE VERRIER ALSO MARRIED A WOMAN NAMED MARIE LUCILE CLOTILDE CHOQUET. NEPTUNES GODS NAME WAS POSEIDON.
HERE'S A LITTLE QUIZ:
WHAT DOES NEPTUNE'S GOD RULE? AND WHAT WAS NEPTUNE'S GODS NAME?