answersLogoWhite

0

No one country discovered all the planets:

  • The five classical planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, have been known to many cultures for thousands of years.
  • Nicolaus Copernicus, the first to propose that Earth was a planet, was from Royal Prussia, now part of Poland.
  • Uranus was discovered by the British astronomer Sir William Herschel.
  • The discovery of Neptune is largely credited to French astronomer Urbain Le Verrier.
User Avatar

Wiki User

7y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Are there any other planets other than the eight major planets of our solar system?

Over 900 planets have been discovered orbiting other stars. These are called exoplanets.


How money planets are there in your solar system?

There are eight planets and five dwarf planets in our solar system.


What are the top ten planets?

Because there are only eight planets in our solar system, a definition of "top" would be needed - since the definition would thus have to include exoplanets discovered outside the solar system.


How many planets in your whole solar system?

There are eight planets.


Are there ten planets?

There are only eight planets in our solar system.


8p in the ss?

eight planets in the solar system


How many planets are there in our system?

Eight


How many planets are there today?

In our solar system, there are eight recognized planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus. The total number of planets outside of our solar system can only be hypothesized, but evidences of new planets are being discovered at an ever increasing rate.


Are there 8 planets from the sun?

There are eight true planets in our solar system.


Which planet was discovered in the 20th centry?

Pluto, it was discovered in 1930 and remained as the ninth planet until 2006. Since the 2006 reclassification of Pluto to a Dwarf Planet, there are now eight planets in our solar system.


How many known natural satellite does Jupiter have?

Currently there are 63, the most of all eight planets in our solar system. More could be discovered in the future though.


Are there any objects which now are considered a planet?

Yes. There are eight planets in our solar system and over a thousand others that have been discovered orbiting other stars.