How did the Milky Way get its name?

**Barcaman** · **Barcaman** Mon 28 Apr 2014, 9:58 pm

How did the Milky Way get its name?

**Brainstorm** · **Brainstorm** Mon 28 Apr 2014, 10:01 pm

In the ancient Greet and Roman myths, it was believed that the goddess Hera (Juno) spilt milk across the sky and called the white streak it left a “river of milk”. The Roman called it Via lacteal or a “road of Milk”. This is how our galaxy came to be named the Milky way.

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How did the Milky Way get its name?

How did the Milky Way get its name?

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