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Lesson Topic
The solar System - the Roman gods.
Lesson Outline
Devon was focused on cleaning up and packing her stuff, so while she worked, I told her the stories of the remaining planets in the solar system, and the Greek/Roman gods for which each is named. I have written up notes on each and include them here:
We continued our lesson starting with Saturn. Saturn the planet is also the root for Saturday. As the sixth planet – it is a gas giant (as is Jupiter) but is most well known for it’s impressive rings.
Saturn is the Roman translation of Cronus, who married the titan Rhea. They had a total of six children,( Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, Chiron) but Cronus had a bad habit of eating his newborn children, to prevent them from one day overthrowing him as king of the gods. Finally, at the birth of her last child, Rhea tricked him into swallowing a rock instead. Cronus was forced to regurgitate his children by Zeus, who then beat his father with the help of his brothers and sisters. Saturn / Cronus was a favorite of the Romans as the god of agriculture, and his reign is called the golden age of plenty and peace. Zeus and his two brothers Poseidon and Hades drew lots to determine which god would rule over the domains of Cronus (Sky, Sea, and Underworld)

The next planet is Uranus – Father of Cronus and the titans. He was the son of Chaos – making him a primordial god of heavenly light and upper air .– he is also the mate of Gaia (earth) but hated all his children (including the Titans, Cyclopes, Furies, and Aphrodite). How Aphrodite got mixed up with this group is curious – and Devon stopped working to question that relationship.
As a planet it is Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System.

The last planet is Neptune – Greek god Poseidon – brother of Zeus, who pulled the middle straw, and therefore rules the seas. He is prominent in many mythological stories, especially the Homer’s Odyssey. My favorite, however, is when he fell in love with a nymph (mermaid), who feared him. So Poseidon sent a dolphin to convince the nymph to overcome her fear, and allow the god to court her.

Neptune the Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third-largest by mass. I explained the difference in size and mass to Devon.
Devon and I looked up the list of the planets by size and compared it to a list by Mass. We were surprised to see that the lists were different – and Uranus and Neptune were reversed in the lists.
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60
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