News

What's going on & why you should care

Planet Name Game

Updated: September 12, 2008

Find out why Mars is Mars, and see if you can guess how other planets in our solar system got their names.

 
Identify each planet's name origin:

Where does Earth gets its name?
 Greek word meaning on the ground
 The Roman god of nature
 Latin word for space
 
 

  • Add to Digg Digg
  • Add to Yahoo Yahoo MyWeb
  • Add to Delicious del.icio.us
  • Add to Facebook Facebook
  • Add to Reddit Reddit

 


Related Stories

Image: Space Explorer

Space Explorer
Investigate the unknown

Image: Space Myths & Mysteries

Space Myths & Mysteries
Uncovering the unknown

Image: Space Weight Calculator

Space Weight Calculator
What you weigh on other planets

Copyright © 2008. Channel One, LLC. All rights reserved.