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The planets in our solar system have derived their names from many varied sources, and have lent their names to several common items.

This week, Tidbits presents a look at numerous uses of planet names.

• Mercury was the messenger of the gods. The son of Zeus, Mercury was the father of Pan. According to mythology, Mercury could travel with the speed of thought. He also had the responsibility of leading the souls of the dead to the underworld. Mercury was also the god of commerce and financial gain; in fact, the word “merchant” is derived from his name. During the festival of Mercuralia, merchants sprinkled their heads, goods, businesses, and belongings with water to bring good luck.

• The chemical element Mercury is commonly known as quicksilver, and is used in thermometers, barometers, and fluorescent lamps.

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PLANET NAMES (continued): • Venus was the Roman goddess of love, beauty, and fertility. Myths claimed she could also provide military victory and prosperity.

• The ancient Greek statue, the Venus de Milo, was discovered in 1820 by a peasant. The marble sculpture was buried in the ruins of the ancient city of Milos on the Greek island of Milos. It was found in two large pieces – the upper torso and the lower draped legs – along with a few fragments of the upper left arm and hand holding an apple. It’s thought to represent Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

The same goddess is known as Venus to the Romans, and since it was found on the island of Milos, the statue was named accordingly.

Venus de Milo stands 6 ft. 8 in. (203 cm) high and is believed to have been created around 100 BC. In 1821, the statue arrived in France and presented to Louis XVIII, who donated it to the Louvre Museum, where it is still found today.

It was removed from the Louvre in 1939, as war threatened Europe, and stored temporarily in the Chateau de Valencay, a mansion in the French Loire Valley.

• The Mars candy company is the nation’s sixth largest privately-held company, still entirely owned by the family of its founder, Frank C. Mars. Having learned how to hand-dip chocolate from his mother in the late 1800s, Frank and his wife started up a factory in his Tacoma, Washington kitchen in 1911. A popular type of milkshake inspired Frank’s son to invent the Milky Way bar in 1923, advertising it as a “chocolate malted milk in a candy bar.” The Snickers bar came along in 1930, and the 3 Musketeers bar followed in 1932. (continued on next page)

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Before moving out about five months ago we found a good home for our cat, “Figaro.” I supplied everything the new owner would need, like his litter box and litter, food, etc. A week later, the new owner called and said Fig’s eye was weeping. He did suffer from that a year ago, so I bought the same over-the-counter medicine and delivered it to her. Four months later, she called again and accused me of knowing Fig had a pre-existing condition. She demanded I come retrieve him, and that I also take him to the vet. I was shocked. What should I have done? -- Sorry for the Cat Problems DEAR SORRY: I believe the new owner just didn’t want to take care of a cat. And instead of taking Fig to the vet to treat his eye problem with a stronger medication, she waited four months and then dumped him back on you.

I’m pretty upset at this, and I know you are, too, because the victim here is Fig. He lost one home already, and now he’s losing a second home, and he’s sick. He may wind up in a shelter. I’m not sure how this might play out legally, but we’re dealing with a living being here, and Fig’s welfare is at stake. So, take the high road and be Fig’s hero.

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• In 1941, with the U.S. at war, Frank Mars anticipated a shortage of sugar and chocolate.

He approached Bruce Murrie, an executive at Hershey, with an idea for a candy to be sold strictly to the military. The candy was chocolate FACTOR (continued): with a THE candy“X” coating, and was heat-resistant • Do you suffer from xeroderma? you have and easy-to-ship, the perfect treat forIf soldiers. abnormal the skin, this applies Mars offereddryness Murrieof a 20% share in term return for a to you! steady source of chocolate, and the little can• From the 16th to the 19th centuries, pirates on dies became known as M&M’s. After the war, Mediterranean Sea sailed a small threein the 1945, M&M’s were made available to the masted vessel with square and triangular sails public. wasn’t them until 1950 thatfaster the little “m” that It enabled to sail than their was imprinted victims. on each Depending candy. Peanut prospective on M&M’s the size of debuted in 1954. More than 400 million the ship, known as a xebec, between 16 and 40 guns might be mounted onU.S. the vessel.

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• • The Uranus, also known as Ouranos, the god word xenia has a variety was of meanings.

Greeks,According it was thetoconcept of To the the skyancient in mythology.

Greek of hospitality, generosity, and courtesy shown literature, he was called Father Sky, and was to those far from home.

To the botanist, it’s the son of Gaia, Mother Earth. Uranus was the the effect of pollen on a seed. And to those in father of Saturn, who was the father of Jupiter, Ohio, it’s the county seat of Greene County, who was the father of Mars. a community about 21 miles (34 km) from • Jupiter Dayton.was the chief Roman god, god of light, sky, and weather, as wellterm, as laws.

His to • Xystus is an architectural referring Greek equivalent was Zeus. a long, covered portico, or main entrance, of • The Miami Marlins Class A minor league ancient Greek gymnasiums.

Here, athletes would team exercise during inclement weather. baseball is based in Jupiter, Florida, and is To the Romans, the xystus was the garden known as the Jupiter Hammerheads, named for in front of the porticoes, where they thewalkway hammerhead shark. planted flower beds.

• Neptune, the Roman god of water, is pictured • Physicians are familiar with two unusual “X” as a tall, white-bearded man, carrying a threewords, xyster and xiphisterna. The xyster is a pronged fisherman’s spear known as a trident. surgical instrument used for scraping bones, Because he traveled overrefers the sea horse- at while the xiphisterna to in thea cartilage drawn chariot, he was also believed to be in the lower end of the body’s sternum, that long charge of the sport of horse-racing. His Greek flat bone located at the center of the chest. counterpart is the god Poseidon. Neptune was • The Greek word xanthos translates “yellow,” theand brother of Pluto, reigned several Jupiter of our and words use who it for a prefix.

Xanthophyll is arealms, yellowthe pigment over the heavenly earthlyfound world,along and with cholorophyll in green plants.

Plants the underworld. with yellow areheld xanthopous.

Topaythose • Neptunalia is astems festival on July 23, suffering from the abnormal vision condition ing homage to and asking for blessings of water known as xanthopsia, everything they see from Neptune during summer’s seems to have a yellow hue. drought and heat. (continued on page 5)

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PLANET NAMES (continued): • The Neptune Society is in the business of providing unusual burial grounds. In San Francisco, the company operates a copper-domed Neo-Classical building with more than 8,500 spots for cremation urns. A more unusual final resting place is located off the coast near Key Biscayne, Florida. The world’s largest manmade underwater reef, covering 600,000 sq. ft.

(65,000 sq. m), and located 40 feet (12.2 m) below the surface has been dubbed the Atlantis Reef. Cremated remains are mixed with cement to create features of the Reef, which has a planned expansion to 16 acres, with an eventual goal of 125,000 remains. Underwater roads lead to a central area with benches and statues.

Memorial plaques mark the final home of each of the deceased.

• Saturn was the Roman god of agriculture, taking his name from the word satu, meaning “sowing.” He was also god of the harvest, and the Roman festival Saturnalia was celebrated at harvest. Saturday is also named after this god.

• Saturn vehicles were a subsidiary of General Motors, founded as a private employee-owned company, and marketed as a “different kind of car company.” The first Saturn drove off the assembly line in Spring Hill, Tennessee in 1990, and vehicles were manufactured until 2009.

• The dwarf planet Pluto was named after the god of the underworld following a contest that was held in 1930. An 11-year-old British schoolgirl, who loved classical mythology, suggested the name Pluto.

• Walt Disney presented Pluto the Pup in the 1930 Mickey Mouse film “The Chain Gang.”

Although all of Disney’s main characters – Mickey, Minnie, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, and Pluto – are all animals, the yelloworange dog is the only one not dressed as a human.

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• Each of the bright yellow petals of the dandelion is actually an individual flower that will produce a fruit. When the flowers turn into the familiar puff ball, these fruits (called achenes) will be dispersed by the wind and re-seed. A seed can travel 5 miles (8 km) before it finally reaches the ground. If their habitat is disturbed, dandelions will produce more seed than usual as a defense mechanism.

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