The word planet means wandering star.
Planet comes from an ancient Greek term meaning 'wanderer'. They were called wanderers because they appear to move against the apparent stationary background of stars.
No, there are not moons or stars ON planet earth, but there are moons and stars around planet earth. == ==
The word "planet" comes from the Greek word "planētēs," which means "wanderer." This term was used because the planets in our solar system appear to move across the night sky in relation to the fixed stars.
No planet contains any stars because stars are always much larger.
no because stars can orbit each other
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Planet means wandering star.
πλανήτης [planeetees] > planet
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The translation of "planet" is "wanderer". Unlike most stars, the planets appeared to drift around the sky relative to the other stars. They also occasionally (apparent retrograde motion) seemed to "double back" briefly before moving on again. Hence, "wanderers". For the sake of clarity: the actual ancient Greek phrase from which the English word "Planet" comes was "aster planetes", which means "wandering star." The modern Greek translation of English "planet" is "planetes".
Wandering Stars has 239 pages.
Wandering Stars was created in 1974-01.
Wandering Stars - novel - was created in 1909.
The ISBN of Wandering Stars is 0-06-010944-0.
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.
Wandering stars refer to planets like Venus and Mars that appear to move against the background of fixed stars in the night sky due to their orbit around the Sun. In ancient times, these wandering stars were thought to have their own unique motion separate from the rest of the celestial bodies.
Technically yes. A long time ago, when people didn't know about planets, they called the ones that moved differently than the rest, wandering stars. That's where the word planet came from. So, in that sense, even though planets are not stars, it is accurate to call them that due to their history.