and there are asteroids named Hermes, Aphrodite, and Poseidon, or so Google tells me, so it's not unheard of to use both the Greek and Roman names for the same deity to name different celestial objects. (although those asteroids aren't big enough to become planets under the new definition.)
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Date: 2006-08-16 06:26 pm (UTC)and there are asteroids named Hermes, Aphrodite, and Poseidon, or so Google tells me, so it's not unheard of to use both the Greek and Roman names for the same deity to name different celestial objects. (although those asteroids aren't big enough to become planets under the new definition.)