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Dont know but I think it is called a astronomy
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What is the Name of star around which the earth orbits?
Those are called "planets". The ancient Greeks distinguished "fixed stars" - which is what we nowadays simply call "stars"; and the moving stars, which in Greek is called "planets".A planet certainly looks like a star (a very bright star, in some cases), but nowadays they are not usually called "stars".
What do you call someone that looks at the stars?
Astronomer. I hope this has helped you.
What do you call someone who tells fortunes from the stars?
a person who uses the stars to make predictions is called an astrologer.
What do you call a person who studies the stars and planets?
This study is called astronomy, and an astronomerwill undertake it.Astrophysicists also study these topics.A Geologist, Exogeologist or Theoretical Planetologist will study planets.
Why did early observers call some celestial bodies planetes?
Because they move against the backdrop of stars. The 'fixed' stars are like a canopy that moves across the sky during the course of a year, but the stars remain in place relative to each other, for all practical purposes. These wanderers, the planets, follow their own paths independent of the stars.
What do you call a person that studies planets and stars?
An astronomer.
Why do you call the planets stars?
You don't.
What do you call the planets and stars?
exoplanets
What do you call a huge mass of stars and planets?
A huge mass of stars and planets is called a galaxy.
What is the Name of star around which the earth orbits?
Those are called "planets". The ancient Greeks distinguished "fixed stars" - which is what we nowadays simply call "stars"; and the moving stars, which in Greek is called "planets".A planet certainly looks like a star (a very bright star, in some cases), but nowadays they are not usually called "stars".
What is A person who studies comets?
There is a science and a related non-scientific practice:An astronomer is a scientist who observes stars, planets, and other phenomena.An astrologer is a person who determines traits and predicts individual horoscopes based on the positions of the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets.
What do you call people who study the stars and planets?
Astronomers
What is the person who foretells things by the stars?
Using the stars (and planets) to predict future events on Earth is called Astrology. There aren't many who would still call it a "science," though.
What do planets revolve around?
Planets orbit stars. Our planet (earth) orbits a star we call the sun.
What do you call it if all of the planets and stars line up?
This will never happen.
What do you call someone that studies planets?
a person who studies planets is a planetologist.
What did the greek call planets?
the Greeks called the planets wanderers
