since the dawn of time cavemen even discovered it and used it for paint for cave drawings. wrong, first of all Mercury is unhealthy for the skin. its poisonous to the touch! and also mercury is a liquid metal, cave men didnt have the technology to extract metal...
Mercury was discovered around 1500BC, so as of 2010, Mercury was discovered about 3510 years ago.
Mercury is the same age as the other planets in the solar system: about 4.6 billion years.
The ancient Assyrians knew about the planet in the 14 Century BC.
about 3000 years ago or so
1639
50 million years ago
Halley's comet?
Nobody knows for sure who discovered the elemnt mercury. Records show it was used in ancient Babylon, The chemist, Antoinne-Laurent de Lavoisier, is credited with identifying mercury as an element.
The craters on Mercury vary in age, but many of the larger ones probably formed during the Late Heavy Bombardment from 4.1 billion to 3.8 billion years ago. Many younger craters exist however and have formed throughout the planet's existence.
He was born 2400 years ago and died 62 years later.
No one can really say who founded or who discovered Mercury but it is said that it was discovered nearly 3000 years ago.
The planet Mercury was discovered around 3,500 years ago, Unfortunately the name of the person who discovered it was not recorded.
No. The planet was known about approx 3,500 years ago.
it comes to our attention that the ancient planet of mercury was discovered by our amazingly advanced elders, the bablyonians, over three thousand years ago. =<(
It was discovered in 12432
Mercury has been observed for thousands of years, as early as the time of the Babylonians, who mentioned it in writing some 3000 years ago. The exact person who first discovered the planet has been lost to time, and is therefore indeterminate.
it was discovered many years ago
An Italian farmer many years ago.
Peppers were discovered about 6,000 years ago.
Saturn was discovered about 400 years ago.
An unknown person, many thousand years ago.
no one knows, we just discovered.