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The sun was discovered to be a star simultaneous with the discovery that the stars were distant suns. Parallax established the distance to one of the nearer stars, and the distance was so vast it was realized that star had to be a sun like our own.
This would have been in the late 1700s.
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When was the first planet discovered around another star?
The first extra-solar planet (in other words, circling a star and not our sun) was discovered in 1995.
What was the fist star called?
The first star discovered beyond our Sun was Proxima Centauri, which is part of the Alpha Centauri triple star system.
Is it true that the scientists have discovered that there's another sun?
No. There are millions of stars, but out solar system has only one star, the Sun.
What is the biggest star you have discovered?
UY Scuti is HUGE, if it replaced the sun it would extend out of Saturn's orbit.
What did David Fabricius discover?
He discovered the first known periodic variable star and with his son; that the Sun rotated on its axis.
Can you see the Sun as a Star?
No, The sun is seen as a sun and not a star. Our sun is a star.
Who discovered Neptune as a star?
Neptune was never discovered as a star.
What is the next nearest star called besides the sun?
The nearest star to the earth other than the sun is called proxima centauri, a red dwarf star approximately 4.2 light-years distant in the constellation of centaurus. It was discovered in 1915 by Robert Innes, the Director of the union in South Africa. The star may be part of the alpha centauri system, and it is also the nearest star to the sun.
Helium was discovered in the sun before it was discovered on earth. How?
Helium was discovered in the sun specroscopically
When was the Star-nosed mole discovered?
when were star nosed moles discovered
Is the sun a star or a?
The Sun is a star.
Is a sun or a star?
The Sun is a star.
