Surely it's one of the most prominent sights in the sky and would have been one of the first to get a mention.
2006-08-02 01:39:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
If they thought it was a star it would still be apparent as to what it was from it's position in the sky. If that was the case it would have made it the largest star visible and the most mentioned.
2006-08-02 01:45:00 · update #1
I don't think I'm going to get an intellectual answer for this judging from what I've seen so far.
2006-08-02 01:47:47 · update #2
maybe they couldn't see it cos of youranus tee he
2006-08-02 03:23:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The planets mercury - saturn were well known to the ancients and usually know as something that translates to 'wandering stars'. There are loads of references to the planets in early astronomical texts, it is the 3rd brightest thing in the sky behind the sun and the moon.
What makes you think that it was not mentioned?
2006-08-02 17:38:00 · answer #2 · answered by m.paley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How early are you talking about? According to Wikipedia, Pythagoras noticed that the morning and evening stars were a single body in 600 BC. That is pretty early IMO.
2006-08-02 08:56:29 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was called The Morning Star.
2006-08-02 10:33:18 · answer #4 · answered by greebo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the earliest astronomers, it wasn't realized that the 'morning star' (Phosphorus) and the 'evening star' (Hesperus) were the same thing. The motions certainly were recorded, though.
2006-08-02 08:52:42 · answer #5 · answered by mathematician 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your premise is incorrect. The planet Venus has been known since the time of the Sumerians (c.2500 bce.). The Egyptians knew about it too.
2006-08-02 10:14:08 · answer #6 · answered by Search first before you ask it 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that Galileo observed Venus in his first telescope. I may be wrong, but I'm sure I heard that somewhere.
2006-08-02 08:52:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
Maybe because they did not really know what is on venus... In ancient times, they even thought dinasours lived also on venus...
Karl
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2006-08-02 08:43:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
they thought it was a star
2006-08-02 08:42:55 · answer #9 · answered by Calchas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT AS IT IS STAR
2006-08-02 08:45:52 · answer #10 · answered by TOMMY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋