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There is no written evidence that the Ancient Hebrews knew about any planets other than Earth.
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were the first five planets to be discovered buy ancient civilisations. these five are also known as the `classical planets`.
Yes because they are rocky planets and the outer planets are known as the gas planets.
The inner planets are known as terrestrial planets because they are rocky like earth
mercury and venus are known as light planets, because they are closest to the sun.
Yes, its one of the planets that can be seen with the unaided eye, known to ancient people as being different from the fixed stars.
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are known as "inner planets" or "terrestrial planets".
Zecharia Sitchin is a Azerbaijani born author who is best known for his books on human origins based on ancient astronauts. He wrote about his theories on the existing planets and planets that he believed might have existed.
The terrestrial planets.
The planets Uranus and Neptune are known as the ice giants.
There is no known planet larger than all the known planets.
The inner planets have been known about since ancient times. Astronomers in Ancient Egypt, Greece and Persia all would have studied the skies and noticed the inner planets. The planets, of course, are completely different to stars, as stars are 'fixed' in the sky (as we look at them, anyway), while planets seem to meander around going nowhere in particular. The odd behaviour led astronomers to attribute this to godly doings...