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What did the ancient Greeks call comets?
In ancient roman times they used believe that comets were "bad omens".
Which scientist studied astronomy and helped us understand that the planets revolved around the sun?
u mean to say that only ancient Greeks and Romans were contributors and no Indians have contributed to astronomy , mathematics, geography why r we been mislead so. please glorify the ancient Indians who have contributed so much we have became so regardless
What did the greek call planets?
the Greeks called the planets wanderers
Why did the fact that stars not show any Parallax motion convince the Greeks that the Earth was not moving?
I am not sure whether the ancient Greeks were involved. In any case, any movement of the Earth should be reflected in the apparent motion of distant objects, such as stars.However, in practice, this apparent motion is very small for the stars - the yearly parallax for even the closest stars is less than one arc-second (1/3600 of a degree).
Who named the scorpius and when?
The constellation of Scorpius the scorpion is very ancient and seen as a scorpion by many cultures around the world. The Greeks, Sumerians, Mayans, American Indians and various other ancient cultures identified the pattern of stars we know as Scorpius as a scorpion. The actual name Scorpius is the Greek name we now use. This name has been with us for at least 2300 years.
What did Greeks and roman use the stars for?
Most Greeks and Romans saw pictures in the sky. At the time of Homer, the stars were not thought to represent any hero or god, but that quickly changed. Before that, the Romans and Greeks thought the stars represented animals.
Who named stars with Greek letters?
Greeks.
Who were the first people to study the stars?
The ancient Greeks. I know the Babylonians and Sumerians were before the Greeks. I think the Chinese studied the stars even earlier.
Who named the arrangement of the stars the 'constellations'?
The ancient Greeks
Why did Greeks see only five stars?
Ah, I'm going to assume you mean the ancient Greeks, and have to say they saw many more than five stars. Modern Greeks might have a problem though; if they live in the heart of a well-lit city, the light can block out the stars. We call it light pollution. But the ancients saw only 5 wandering stars - called planets - because only 5 planets are bright enough to be seen reliably. (Uranus has been glimpsed throughout history, but never tracked.)
What did ancient Greeks based science on?
stars earth and sun
How did the Greeks explore the universe?
By observing stars and nature, as we do today.
How did ancient Greeks distinguish planets from stars?
Question: did Greeks distinguish planets from stars? Answer: Greeks distinguished planets from stars by studying them for a while and they just so happen to be really smart people. No offence to any other races , seriously because I'm not even Greek. i hope that helped
What did the ancient Greeks believe about the sun?
The ancient Greeks believed that every day, Apollo, the god of the sun, would ride a chariot a across the sky, pulling the sun behind him.
Who named stars by assingning the to constellations and giving them greek letters?
the greeks did that
How did stars receive its name?
Stars received their names from the ancient Greeks and romans, who observed the constellations and named them after Greek myths.
What did the Greeks call Coments?
They called them aster komets meaning hairy stars.
