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The ancient Greeks and ancient Chinese and the Mayans made many discoveries about the stars and planets.

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When was celestial body discovered?

Celestial body is only a general name for an object in the sky, particlarly applied to the night sky (but including the Sun). The moon, stars, planets, etc., are considered celestial bodies. Most of them were identified by the ancients; in modern times the more distant planets from Earth were discovered by use of more powerful telescopes.


Who discovered the celestial pole?

The north and south celestial poles are two imaginary points and therefore cannot be "discovered".


What is the biggest celestial body in volume discovered so far?

That depends on how you define "celestial body". Arguably, the largest "celestial body" thus far discovered (or ever likely to be discovered) is the universe itself. However, let's assume you mean a compact body, i.e. one which is more or less continuous (and thus excludes things like galaxies, globular clusters, and nebulae). The largest star known is VY Canis Majoris, which is roughly the size of the orbit of Saturn. The largest body in the Solar system is, of course, the Sun. Jupiter is second, at about 0.1% the volume of the Sun.


Does sun revolve around any celestial body?

No sun doesn't revolve to any celestial body, but the celestial body revolve around the sun.


What is a small celestial body that orbits another celestial body other than the sun?

satellite


What is the nearest celestial neighbor?

The moonMoon is the closet celestial body.


How can one derive the escape velocity of an object from a celestial body?

To derive the escape velocity of an object from a celestial body, you can use the formula: escape velocity (2 gravitational constant mass of celestial body / distance from the center of the celestial body). This formula takes into account the gravitational pull of the celestial body and the distance of the object from its center. By calculating this value, you can determine the minimum velocity needed for an object to escape the gravitational pull of the celestial body.


What is the name of the largest known celestial body belonging to the Solar system that lies beyond the orbit of Pluto?

The largest known celestial body beyond the orbit of Pluto in our Solar System is Eris. It is a dwarf planet that was discovered in 2005 and is even more massive than Pluto.


How do you define a celestial body?

A celestial body is any physical body beyond the earth's atmosphere.


Who gets to name newly discovered celestial bodies?

Who ever discovers it.


What is a celestial body called?

A Comet


Why is the moon called the moon instead of a planet?

The Moon is called the Moon because it is Earth's natural satellite. Planets are celestial bodies that orbit a star (like the Sun) directly and are not classified as satellites of another celestial body.