Thursday 8 November 2012

Planets of the Milky Way Aphrodite = أفروديت

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Etymology of Arabic words: Planets of the Milky Way and Their Features
with greek origin
copying the information presented in the site
http://library.oakland.edu/information/people/personal/kraemer/edcm/astronomy.html

Aphrodite = أفروديت
[Gk Αφροδιτη/Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, counterpart to the Romans' Venus] : a highland area along Venus' equator, about the size of South America


Cerberus= سيربيروس
[L Cerberus, fr. Gk Κερβερος , the three-headed dog guarding the gate of Hades] : a large dark spot on the surface of the planet Mars and the newly discovered satellite of Pluton 


Olympus Mons= أوليمبوس مونس
[L Olympus, fr. GkΟλυμπος, the mythical home to the gods and godesses] : the largest volcano on Mars


Pluto = بلوتو
[Pluton-, Πλουτων  , fr. Gk Plouton Pluto, the Greek god of the underworld] : the planet farthest from the sun


Rhea Mons= ريا مونس
[L, fr. Gk Ρεα/ Rhea, the daughter of Uranus and Gaea, wife of Cronus, and mother of Zeus, Poseidon, and others] : a large volcanic mountain on Venus


Uranus= اورانوس
[LL, fr. Gk Ουρανος Uranus, the Greek personification of the sky and father of the Titans] : the 7th planet from the sun 




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite










 


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