18 2021 it was also a safe landing for the nearly 11 million names on board.

Roman name for mars. Mars the red planet was named after this god of war. Mars ancient Roman deity in importance second only to Jupiter. Jupiter Saturn Mars Venus and Mercury were given their names thousands of years ago.

Marius frequently heard in Germany and France is a slightly fusty yet accessible name. Little is known of his original character and that character chiefly from the cult at Rome is variously interpreted. The famous beautiful love goddess the one awarded the apple of Discord that was instrumental in the start of the Trojan War and for the Romans the mother of the Trojan hero Aeneas.

It also appears as several surnames including Martens Martinez and Martinev. The planet Mars is named after the Roman god of war Mars considered second only to Jupiter and protector of Rome. Latin from a Roman family name related to Mars the god of war Description.

The other planets in our solar system were not discovered until much later when telescopes were invented. Those were the planets that the ancient Romans could see in the sky without a telescope. According to Roman myth Mars rode on a chariot pulled by two horses named Phobos and.

Mars appeared in the myths formerly associated with Ares but was worshipped in a much different way. Your name is riding aboard the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover in three tiny chips shown in this image. For example Venus the planet that appears the brightest was named after the Roman goddess of beauty while the reddish Mars was named after the god of war.

When the Perseverance rover safely touched down on the Martian surface inside Jezero Crater on Feb. While most Greeks avoided paying attention to the hateful Ares Mars was one of the most important gods of the Roman pantheon. It is clear that by historical times he had developed into a god of war.