Second, Saturn is the father of Jupiter in mythology, and Uranus’s Roman counterpart (Caelus) is the father of Saturn, making a neat hierarchy in the order of the planets.

Uranus was one of the earliest gods in Greek mythology. He was the god of the sky and the son/husband of Gaia, the mother of the Earth.

Uranus has 27 moons and, ... All of them represent Greek and Roman water mythology. The largest moon is Triton, which is nearly as large as Earth’s Moon. The most recently discovered ...

Uranus passed between Earth and a distant star this month — and NASA caught the rare event; ... It is the only planet to be named after a Greek god rather than a Roman one.