Because scientific words in english were inherited from Latin, which had taken the Greek gods and replaced them with Roman equivalents. In Greek, the planets are named after the Greek gods, while in English, the planets are named after the Roman gods. They roughly equate to:
Mercury = Hermes
Venus = Aphrodite
Earth = Gaia
Mars = Ares
Jupiter = Zeus
Saturn = Cronus
Uranus (same name but latinized) = Ouranos
Neptune = Poseidon
Because scientific words in english were inherited from Latin, which had taken the Greek gods and replaced them with Roman equivalents. In Greek, the planets are named after the Greek gods, while in English, the planets are named after the Roman gods. They roughly equate to:
Mercury = Hermes Venus = Aphrodite Earth = Gaia Mars = Ares Jupiter = Zeus Saturn = Cronus Uranus (same name but latinized) = Ouranos Neptune = Poseidon
this is because the romans were cooler and smarter and made better names
Oh ok