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Mercury is called the morning star and the evening star because it can be seen during the day and the night. Venus can also be seen in the day and night too.

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Why is mercury called the morning start and the evening star?

Mercury is called the morning star and the evening star because it can be seen during the day and the night. Venus can also be seen in the day and night too.


What do astronomers call Mercury?

Sometimes it's called the "morning star" or the "evening star".


What is often reffered to as the morning star?

Venus and Mercury are both called the Morning Star when they rise before the Sun does. They are called also called the Evening Star when they set after the Sun.


What planet is known as the morning and evening star?

Mercury


Is Mercury known as the morning star and the evening star?

No, it's Venus. ur welcum


Is Jupiter ever the morning or evening star?

The evening star is called Bearrasta


What is the evening or morning star called?

The morning/evening star is Venus. It is actually a planet but is often called a star. It is also the brightest light in the night sky.


What planet is nicknamed the evening star?

Venus is called both the "Morning Star" and the "Evening Star".


What is the name of the evening or mornig star?

The object called at various times, the Morning Star and the Evening Star is the planet Venus.


Which planet is called the morning and evining star?

Depending on where it and the Earth are in their orbits, the planet Venus can be either the "morning star" or the "evening star". In ancient times, some astronomers used the term for the planet Mercury, but in our light-polluted era, Mercury is tough to see.


Is the mercury morning star and evening star why?

No. Venus is the Morning and Evening Star. Venus's proximity to Earth and its highly reflective cloud layer make it the second brightest object in the night sky after the moon.


What planet was once thought to be two planets?

Both Mercury and Venus have been known as the "morning star" or "evening star" in some form for various cultures and civilizations. Sometimes, these evening and morning appearances were thought to represent different "stars." (Of course, they are not stars at all and are rather the two planets closest to the Sun.) In ancient Greece, Mercury was called Apollo when it appeared as a morning star with sunrise and Hermes (the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Mercury) when it appeared as an evening star near sunset. Venus was also known to ancient civilizations both as the "morning star" and as the "evening star". The Greeks thought of the two as separate stars, Phosphoros and Hesperos, until the sixth century BC. The Romans designated the morning aspect of Venus as Lucifer (meaning Light-Bringer) and the evening aspect as Vesper. Venus is dramatic in the morning and evening sky while Mercury is smaller, dimmer and hard to see. (Most people have never seen Mercury and everyone has seen Venus whether they know it or not.) As a consequence, references to Venus are more common when the term morning star or evening star are made. (It is also true that sometimes any star that is the first visible start of the morning or evening is given such a name for that particular day.)