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The Greeks discovered wanderers in the sky known as?
They observed that all the stars seemed to stay still relative to each other except a small group of stars they called 'planets' the Greek for 'wanderers'. Later it was discovered that the Planets were entirely unrelated to stars and much, much closer.
What are the first 4 planets known as?
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are known as "inner planets" or "terrestrial planets".
How many planets were there in 1776?
There were 6 known planets, Uranus and Neptune weren't discovered yet.
Are inner planets known as Terrestrial planets?
Yes, inner planets are known as terrestrial planets because they are rocky in nature and have solid surfaces. The inner planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, all of which have similar characteristics compared to the outer gas giants.
How many planets are known as the red planets?
Well there are many different ways to look at it. If you are just talking about in iur solar system there are only two planets. Mars and Jupiter. Mars is totally red, and Jupiter is yellow, red, brown and white.
What did Greeks and Romans name planets after?
They named the planets after their gods.
What did ancient Greeks belevied in monotheism or polytheism?
The Greeks were polytheistic. They had many gods, including the gods that the planets (including Pluto) other than Earth were named after.
What year did the Greeks find the 5 planets?
The Greeks did not 'find' five planets. The Earth and theother five visible planets have been visible on any clear night for as long as humans have walked the Earth. They were known to any caveman with normal vision, a touch of insomnia, and enough brain cells to be interested in the things he saw in the sky.
How many planets in the Earth?
The earth is a planet, it has no known planets within.
How many known planets were there in 1791?
MercuryVenusEarthMarsJupiterSaturnUranus
Why did the ancient Greeks name planets gods?
I think the Romans named the planets after their gods.
How many planets in your univerese?
The number of planets is not known. The number of stars is not known either, nor if all have planetary systems. Certainly many billions of billions.
How many basic planets are there?
Currently there are 353 known extrasolar planets (that is to say, outside of our solar system), but it is unknown how many planets exist in the universe.
How do planets get greek names?
planets were named as discovered, so when the Greeks found them the were named with greek,
How many planets does the comet galaxy have?
It is not generally known how many planets are in each galaxy; it isn't even known how many planets are in our own galaxy, and will probably never be known exactly, due to its enormous size. However, according to latest observations, it seems likely that every star has several planets, at least on average.
How many stars with planets?
There are more than 300 known stars with known planets, and the list gets longer all the time.
How many planets have been found?
There are 464 extrasolar planets, and 8 planets within our Solar System. This makes a total of 470 known planets.
