Space.com #Mobile Astronomy: How We Name the Planets – Then and Now 4 November 2016 fborgosano Leave a comment Share: In this edition of Mobile Stargazing, we’ll look at how the planets got their names (and why some didn’t stick), what they are called in other cultures and where the names for newly discovered objects in the far-off Kuiper Belt come from. from Space.com ift.tt/2e89R6K Share: