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.
A large space object which revolves around a star is called a planet. The word planet comes from the Greek word, "aster planets" which means "wandering star".
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.
Mercury is called a wandering star because it is a non-fixed object that is visible in the sky. Other wandering starts include the sun, moon, Saturn, Mars, Venus and Jupiter.
The reason is because planets move too fast in relative comparison to other stars to be set in one constellation. After all, planet is Greek for "wandering star", meaning that it literally wanders amongst the constellations
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The word planet means wandering star.
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Planet means wandering star.
I have no clue and I am wandering the same thing
She is a being from our planet zoratong please have mercy on the wandering wombats>
Yuusei (遊星 in kanji) can mean wandering star or planet.
The word 'planet' a noun, because you can place (in)definite article in front of it. e,g, 'A planet' , or , 'the planet'. It is NOT a verb, because in placing 'to planet' is non-sensicle. The word 'planet' comes Classical Greece, and means 'wandering star'.
Cold. Lifeless. A wandering planet. Who knows what would happen to such an 'orphan'.
In a sense. The work planet comes from a Greek word meaning "wandering star."
The word planet derives from the ancient Greek word astēr planētēs, which means "wandering star".
Planet is a Greek word tht means "wandering star" but everyone ( including scientist ) still call it planets