Kronos (or Cronus) was the Greek equivalent of which Roman god?
Saturn character in various mythologies. Babylonian astronomers systematically observed and recorded the movements of Saturn. In ancient Greek, the planet was known as Phainon, and in Roman times it was known as the "star of Saturn". In ancient Roman mythology, the planet Phainon was sacred to this agricultural god, from which the planet takes its modern name. The Romans considered the god Saturnus the equivalent of the Greek god Cronus; in modern Greek, the planet retains the name "Cronus"—Κρόνος: "Kronos".) The Greek scientist Ptolemy based his calculations of Saturn's orbit on observations he made while it was in opposition. In Hindu
Cronus after the Roman deity. It is the outermost of the Classical planets (those that are visible with the naked eye). A star (HD 240430) was named after him in 2017 when it was reported to have swallowed its planets. Cronus In Greek mythology, Cronus, Cronos, or Kronos ( or , , from , "Krónos"), was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of Uranus, the sky, and Gaia, the earth. He overthrew his father and ruled during the mythological Golden Age, until he was overthrown by his own son Zeus and imprisoned in Tartarus.