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All of them because they wander around in the sky and move between different constellatons, while the stars stay 'fixed'. They move in orbits round the Sun and all of them keep within a narrow belt of the sky near a line called the ecliptic that defines the plane of the Earth's orbit.
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What did the greek call planets?
the Greeks called the planets wanderers
What is a place for viewing the stars and planets called?
A place for observing stars and planets is usually called an observatory.
What are the outer planets sometimes called except Pluto?
The Outer Planets are called Jovian Planets!
Are planets called wanderers?
In a sense. The work planet comes from a Greek word meaning "wandering star."
Why are planets also called as wanderers?
The very first astronomers merely looked at night at the stars. They noticed that almost all the stars circled the north star (Polaris) during the night (this is due to the Earth's rotation). Some of the stars seemed to be moving differently, with paths of their own, these were not stars, but were planets.
Why were planets called 'planets'?
Because planets orbit stars, they were called "planetai" (Greek) meaning wandering star.
Why planets called planets?
The term planet came from greek astronomers. They called wandering stars asteres planetai. They called the fixed stars asteres aplanis. See the related link for more information.
What did the greek call planets?
the Greeks called the planets wanderers
Are all wandering stars planets?
Technically yes. A long time ago, when people didn't know about planets, they called the ones that moved differently than the rest, wandering stars. That's where the word planet came from. So, in that sense, even though planets are not stars, it is accurate to call them that due to their history.
Which is the wandering planet?
All the planets move continuously among the fixed stars, so they were called the wandering stars.The planets all move in or near a fixed plane. As they wander they all appear to stay close to the plane of the Earth's orbit, which is the ecliptic.
What is a place for viewing the stars and planets called?
A place for observing stars and planets is usually called an observatory.
Are there many stars in our solar system?
No, there is just one, going with the contemporary meaning of star. Originally, the planets were thought of as moving or wandering stars. They're not.
Wandering stars are really what?
The naked eye planets [See Link] are the five planets of our solar system that can be discerned with the naked eye without much difficulty. They are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.The name planet comes from Greek, meaning "wanderer", as ancient astronomers saw how certain lights moved across the sky in relation to the other stars. They called these objects asteres planetai, or wandering stars.
What do you call a huge mass of stars and planets?
A huge mass of stars and planets is called a galaxy.
How many pages does Wandering Stars have?
Wandering Stars has 239 pages.
When was Wandering Stars created?
Wandering Stars was created in 1974-01.
What are the outer planets sometimes called except Pluto?
The Outer Planets are called Jovian Planets!
