what is venus named for?
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 Most Venusian surface features are named after historical and mythological women . Exceptions are Maxwell Montes , named after James Clerk Maxwell , and highland regions Alpha Regio , Beta Regio , and Ovda Regio . The latter three features were named before the current system was adopted by the International Astronomical Union , the body which oversees planetary nomenclature . 

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 Venus has no natural satellites . It has several trojan asteroids : the quasi @-@ satellite 2002 VE68 and two other temporary trojans , 2001 CK32 and 2012 XE133 . In the 17th century , Giovanni Cassini reported a moon orbiting Venus , which was named Neith and numerous sightings were reported over the following 200 years , but most were determined to be stars in the vicinity . Alex Alemi 's and David Stevenson 's 2006 study of models of the early Solar System at the California Institute of Technology shows Venus likely had at least one moon created by a huge impact event billions of years ago . About 10 million years later , according to the study , another impact reversed the planet 's spin direction and caused the Venusian moon gradually to spiral inward until it collided with Venus . If later impacts created moons , these were removed in the same way . An alternative explanation for the lack of satellites is the effect of strong solar tides , which can destabilize large satellites orbiting the inner terrestrial planets . 

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 With two exceptions , ' Juno ' is the international name , subject to local variation : Italian Giunone , French Junon , Russian Yunona , etc . Its planetary symbol is ③ . An older symbol , still occasionally seen , is ⚵ ( ) . 

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 All of the moons of Uranus are named after characters created by William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope . The name Oberon was derived from Oberon , the King of the Fairies in A Midsummer Night 's Dream . The names of all four satellites of Uranus then known were suggested by Herschel 's son John in 1852 , at the request of William Lassell , who had discovered the other two moons , Ariel and Umbriel , the year before . The adjectival form of the name is Oberonian , / ˌɒbəˈroʊniən / . 

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 Mars is named after the Roman god of war . In different cultures , Mars represents masculinity and youth . Its symbol , a circle with an arrow pointing out to the upper right , is used as a symbol for the male gender . 
