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How did the ancients distinguish between planets and stars in the night sky?
Ancients distinguished between planets and stars in the night sky by observing that planets move relative to the fixed background of stars, while stars maintain their positions.
What did the ancient Greeks think about the arrangement of the stars and planets?
Most ancient civilizations believed that everything revolved around the earth and in most cases they believed the earth to be flat. Also, it may have based around the religion of the civilization.
Why did the Greeks choose the name planet?
Because planet (πλανήτης) is Greek for Wanderer. As they viewed the stars, some "stars" seemed to wander. Sometimes in one direction, and then in the other (retrograde). They called these "stars" planets, although they didn't know then what they were.
What do modern astronomy and ancient astronomy have in common?
Many of the constellations are pretty much the same today as they were in ancient Greece. Pegasus, Hercules, and Orion are examples, as are the signs of the Zodiac. The planets have ancient Roman names. Very few of the stars have ancient European names, as astronomy of ancient times was kept alive by Arabs, who used their own names for the stars.
What did Greek mythology attempt to explain?
Greek mythology attemped to explain everything that the ancient Greeks couldn't understand. Remember that ancient Greeks didn't know the things we know today. Some examples are: Death Love Birth Good and evil Creation Sicknesses The stars Life ... And more
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".
How many planets were known to the Greeks?
These are the classical planets, those that you can see without a telescope. These are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. they could be seen to be different to the stars, since they changed positions gradually in relation to the other stars (as they orbit the sun)
Why did the Greeks use the word planet to describe the unusual stars in the sky?
The lights were first called "πλανήται" (planētai), meaning "wanderers", by the ancient Greeks, and it is from this that the word "planet" was derived. ...
How did the ancients distinguish between planets and stars in the night sky?
Ancients distinguished between planets and stars in the night sky by observing that planets move relative to the fixed background of stars, while stars maintain their positions.
Who named the arrangement of the stars the 'constellations'?
The ancient Greeks
What did the greek call planets?
the Greeks called the planets wanderers
What did ancient Greeks based science on?
stars earth and sun
Is this statement true or falseThe word planet comes from the Greek word planetai, which means wanderer because the ancient Greeks thought of the planets as wandering through the stars?
true
Why did Greeks see only five stars?
Ah, I'm going to assume you mean the ancient Greeks, and have to say they saw many more than five stars. Modern Greeks might have a problem though; if they live in the heart of a well-lit city, the light can block out the stars. We call it light pollution. But the ancients saw only 5 wandering stars - called planets - because only 5 planets are bright enough to be seen reliably. (Uranus has been glimpsed throughout history, but never tracked.)
What did the ancient Greeks believe about the sun?
The ancient Greeks believed that every day, Apollo, the god of the sun, would ride a chariot a across the sky, pulling the sun behind him.
What did the ancient Greeks think about the arrangement of the stars and planets?
Most ancient civilizations believed that everything revolved around the earth and in most cases they believed the earth to be flat. Also, it may have based around the religion of the civilization.
Who were the first people to study the stars?
The first people to study the stars were ancient civilizations such as the Babylonians, Egyptians, and Greeks. They observed the night sky and developed early forms of astronomy to understand celestial events and their significance.
