2007-04-17 13:51:41 · 3 answers · asked by yiyo702 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Because jupiter can be seen by the naked eye there happens to be no history of discovery.......The website tells alot about it....
2007-04-17 14:02:27 · answer #1 · answered by janet u 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one knows who discovered Jupiter. It was observed by the ancient Greeks who named it after the god Zeus. Gallileo discovered 4 of Jupiter's moons in the early 1600s.
2007-04-17 13:56:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many ancient people noticed Jupiter over 1000s of years ago, so it's hard to say who first discovered it.
2007-04-17 13:55:20 · answer #3 · answered by Roman Soldier 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jupiter is usually the fourth brightest object in the sky (after the Sun, the Moon and Venus); most of the year is it brighter than Mars. It would have been noticed by pre-humans 100's of thousands of years ago.
2007-04-17 13:56:54 · answer #4 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ancient civilizations that developed astronomy were aware of the "wandering" stars. The Greeks simply called them wanderers: their word for this is "planet". Jupiter is one of those "originally" known planets, with no recorded discoverer.
2007-04-17 14:05:12 · answer #5 · answered by norcekri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's been visible longer than man has existed. Whoever looked up and saw it which was way before history was recorded.
2007-04-17 13:56:14 · answer #6 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋