The snubbing of Jesus.

[Cartoonist]

I was listening to my classical music station when the host told the story behind the song. It was all about mischievous Roman Gods. As she listed these gods, I noticed that they all had planets or other bodies named after them.

So where is planet Jesus? I know the planets in our system were named before Jesus was allegedly born, but Pluto was only discovered about a hundred years ago. Why didn't they name it after any Christian characters?

Is any astronomical planet or feature named after modern gods? There are craters on the moon named after Galileo and Copernicus. Can Jesus top that?

[Lordquinton]

1. There's an interesting concept

The planets were named before Jesus existed...

[NeoGreen]

2. Planet jesus...

...was the rock that fell to earth and killed the dinosaurs.

[AtheistCrusader]

3. Too busy with the whole dark ages thing to be discovering shit.

[LakeArenal]

4. There are a great many stars with Arabic names.

Lists and lists of them. No Jesus stars either.

Acamar Ākhir an-Nahr End of the river آخر النهر
Achernar Ākhir an-Nahr End of the river آخر النهر
Acrab al-ʿAqrab the Scorpion عقرب
Açubens az-Zubanāh the Claw الزبانى

way too many to list but you can check the list



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arabic_star_names#A

[Act_of_Reparation]

5. Even the devil has his own astronomical object.

The Hebrew word Heylel was translated in Latin as "Lucifer" -- "the morning star", being Venus.