![]() Once they noticed those seven amazing wandering celestial bodies, the ancient world never took its eyes off of them. The luminaries (sun & moon) were included because they were observed in different portions of the sky, and thus they “traveled” along with the other rascals. Now, what they called wandering stars, we call planets. It was finally observed that there were five wandering “stars,” plus the moon and sun, making for a total of seven wandering rascals. And then one night… “wait a minute…where did that reddish star go? It’s not in the same spot anymore! This is strange.” And that was an amazing scientific breakthrough for the ancient world. How comforting it must have been for them to see the same constellation in the sky every night. They observed the twinkling stars, night after night after night. Before internet and television were around, people actually sat around and observed things. ![]()
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