Ouranos was the god, Uranus is his planet.
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Zeus was the chief god, as well as being the god of lightning and the skies.
Uranus is the Greek god of the sky. Uranus is also the only planet named after a Greek deity (excluding Earth), all the others are Roman
Saturn is the planet that is named after the roman god of agriculture and Cornus (Zeus's father) is the Greek god
Earth doesn't come from a Greek god, it actually comes from an old Dutch/German word Erde.
The Greek God Hermes was the messenger of the Gods. He was the son of Zeus and Maia. The Romans later renamed him Mercury and the planet was named after him.