From the article cited below (spelling errors corrected ;-):
For many thousands of years, people, with a few notable exceptions, did not believe the Solar System existed. The Earth was believed not only to be stationary at the centre of the universe, but to be categorically different from the divine or ethereal objects that moved through the sky.
While Nicholas Copernicus and his predecessors, such as the Greek philosopher Aristarchus of Samos, had speculated on a heliocentric reordering of the cosmos, it was the conceptual advances of the 17th century, led by Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton, which led gradually to the acceptance of the idea not only that Earth moved round the Sun, but that the planets were governed by the same physical laws that governed the Earth, and therefore could be material worlds in their own right, with such earthly phenomena as craters, weather, geology, seasons and ice caps.
2007-01-05 21:23:00
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answered by gebobs 6
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Each part of the solar system was discovered one by one.
The sun and moon were recognized by every human being who ever decided to look up.
Venus and Mars have been known since the late Bronze Age at least (1500-1200 BC). After that, each planet was discovered one by one, and only some of them are credited to specific people.
2007-01-05 21:21:27
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answered by Anonymous
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we've already been getting to know the outer photograph voltaic equipment for many a protracted time - with what constrained ability we've. we've been staring at it throughout the telescopes, and have been sending robotic probes to the farthest reaches of it. The Voyager probes "visited" the outer planets via flying previous them and sending us photos and another efficient information. they're now far previous Neptune's orbit, and are heading in the right direction to locate and learn what lies on the sting of the photograph voltaic equipment. we've sent many different probes; a number of them even landed on the outdoors, or a minimum of descended into the ambience earlier braking. you spot, the ambience on the outer planets is so destructive that even the robotic probes won't be in a position to function there for too long. The outer planets have the extremely some maximum severe pressures and temperatures interior the photograph voltaic equipment. there is likewise very good radiation and electromagnetic fields, which make any human exploration very perplexing. As of now, NASA is busy with on the brink of interchange the ageing area commute equipment, returning to the Moon and, finally, a manned undertaking to Mars. it is going to likely be a protracted long term earlier we are in a position to need to deliver people everywhere close to the outer planets.
2016-10-06 12:45:35
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answered by milak 4
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No technical answer. Rather, the solar system discovered us, as we are part of it
2007-01-05 23:24:33
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answered by Mongolian Warrior 3
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Nicolas Copernicus
2007-01-05 21:18:19
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answer #5
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answered by C Shannon 3
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Who discovered the sun?
2007-01-05 21:19:56
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answered by Andrew 6
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Edwin Hubble!
2007-01-06 00:15:51
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answered by Raven 6
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The first creature with eyes and the ability to look up at night...hundreds of millions of years ago. His name was Freeb.
2007-01-05 21:56:02
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answered by Chug-a-Lug 7
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Read the book of Genesis.
2007-01-05 21:21:49
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answered by JUSS 4
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george solar
and bill system..
they were scientist...
then they ate a milky way candy bar..yum
2007-01-05 21:18:47
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answered by TONY 4
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