2007-05-24 16:12:29 · 8 answers · asked by KANDY615 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It depends on what you mean by discover. Because Venus is so bright, the first caveman who went outside at dusk or dawn surely noticed it. The ancient Greeks knew enough about it to know that it was different from other "stars". Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were also known to the ancients. This probably includes among many others the Chinese, Babylonian, and early American cultures which were relatively sophisticated.
Galileo in 1610 was first to observe that Venus had a visible disk and that it had phases like the moon so perhaps he could be considered to have discovered the modern Venus. Captain James Cook made observations of a "Transit of Venus" in 1776-1779.
2007-05-24 16:16:45 · answer #1 · answered by myspace.com/truemonge 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Venus is the third brightest object in the sky, after the Sun and Moon. Homo erectus probably did not watch the skies. Neanderthal may have. If they did, they would have noticed Venus.
I mean we have known about this for a long time.
2007-05-24 16:15:55 · answer #2 · answered by TychaBrahe 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Venus is the third brightest thing in our sky. In fact it can even cast shadows. It has been known since the beginning of time....unless neanderthals were blind.
2007-05-24 16:15:06 · answer #3 · answered by North_Star 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1960
2007-05-24 16:15:14 · answer #4 · answered by susan r 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it was discovered in 1610
2015-05-09 07:50:42 · answer #5 · answered by DB 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1910
2007-05-24 16:14:24 · answer #6 · answered by Digz 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus
2007-05-24 16:19:07 · answer #7 · answered by Queen 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
around the time of youranus
2007-05-24 16:14:49 · answer #8 · answered by JIMMY j 5 · 0⤊ 6⤋