The Earth
by John Stephen
2020-05-26 04:21:06
When viewed from the wilderness at night, the firmaments appear to the naked eyes as a canopy of shining points fixed in space relative to each other. Early observers noted that the star pattern appeared to move regularly and used this as a basis for...
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When viewed from the wilderness at night, the firmaments appear to the naked eyes as a canopy of shining points fixed in space relative to each other. Early observers noted that the star pattern appeared to move regularly and used this as a basis for timing of events. The ancient Greeks observed that several celestial bodies moved back and forth against this fixed background and called them planetes (meaning wanderers).
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