GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Question
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Mars
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Earth
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Venus
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Jupiter
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Detailed explanation-1: -And behemoth Jupiter is named after the king of the gods. While the planets are named after Roman deities in the Western world, they have different names in other contexts. The ancient Greeks called them by their Greek god names, unsurprisingly: Jupiter was Zeus, Mercury was Hermes, and Venus was Aphrodite.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jupiter (in Latin: Iuppiter, Dis Pater or Deus Pater; in Greek: Zeu pater; in Sanskrit: Dyàuṣpítaḥ), also called Jove (Jovis), was the Roman god of the day, sky and thunder and the king of gods in Roman mythology, commonly identified with the Greek god Zeus.
Detailed explanation-3: -In ancient Greek mythology, Zeus was the almighty god of the sky and thunder, and king of all the gods, who resided on Mount Olympus. Meanwhile, Jupiter was essentially his Roman equivalent, who came later.