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5 all visible in the sky. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. 6 if you include the Earth

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What are two first two planets?

The first two planets discovered were Earth and Mars.Another Answer:The first two planets, with respect to the Sun, are Mercury and Venus.


How many planets have been discovered in space?

230


What planets were discovered first?

Earth, then Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, and Mars.


How many planets were there in 1776?

There were 6 known planets, Uranus and Neptune weren't discovered yet.


How many sub planets of Jupiter had been discovered?

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Are the stars in the sky different planets and moons we have not discovered yet?

No. We know what the stars are. They are not planets. They are distant suns, many of which do have undiscovered planets.


Who discovered the first planets?

I would imagine the first humans who walked the Earth. The planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn can all be seen with an unaided eye. They were, then, called Wandering Stars as they "seemed" to wander the skies unlike the "fixed" stars.


Did Galileo find any other planets?

No. He discovered great moons, which, had they not been orbiting planets might have been considered planets themselves, but the first new planet since antiquity was Uranus, discovered by Sir William Herschel.


When were the planets in the solar system discovered?

they were discovered millions and millions of centuries ago and no use of thinking about it now,instead we can try to discover many other planets at present


Why are the new planets called Kepler?

Many of the planets discovered in the past few years have designations such as Kepler-22b because they were discovered using the Kepler space telescope.


What was surprising about the extrasolar planets that were discovered?

The surprising thing to me is how MANY extra-solar planets have been discovered. Considering the limitations of the Kepler Space Telescope's design, this indicates that there may be planets around a majority of the stars.


How many planets have been discovered orbiting around the sun?

NINE!!