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Noone knows who exactly discovered the planet Mars becuase it is very bright & easily spotted in the night sky
http://www.chacha.com/question/who-discovered-mars
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Mars is much like Venus-- it's very bright and therefore easily spotted in the night sky. Because of this, we don't know who exactly discovered Mars. We do know it was named after the Roman god of war, because its reddish color reminded people of blood.
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www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mars/discovery.html
www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mars/discovery.html
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We will never know who first discovered Mars. Aristotle (384BC- 322BC) was among the first known writers to describe observations of Mars. And in 1609, Galileo was the first to view Mars by telescope. Mars is easily seen in the night sky wi...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_discovered_Mars
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nobody really knows because roman gods discovered it millions of years ago and named it after 1 of their main leaders!
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_discovered_mars_and_when
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Mars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after Mars, the Roman god of war. It is also referred to as the "Red Planet" because of its reddish appearance, due to ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars
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ANSWER from Smart Filter on March 24, 1997: Mars does not really have a discoverer. Like the other planets which are visible to the naked eye, Mars has been known since ancient times. The ancient Greeks called the planets planetai, meaning wanderers, because they appeared to move slowly among the stars.
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The above answer is correct. There is no one person credited for discovering Mars. Since Mars is bright in the night sky, it has been observed since the dawn of Man.
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/551834
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