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Galileo had discovered Venus has phases. He saw Venus as crescent shape, then over the coming months it vanished, reappeared, and gradually formed a full phase. He knew that these phases could only occur if Venus orbited the Sun, ...
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Venus has been known since antiquity, and was named by the early Sumerian and Babylonian astrologers. It was discovered to be moving long before recorded history. After the Sun and Moon, Venus is the brightest object in the sky, rising shor...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_discovered_Venus
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I am trying to find out who discovered Venus and when it was discovered...and how it was discovered, whether telescope, naked eye or such. I do hope that you may be able to help me out in some way and would appreciate any information you might have in this subject.
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In fact, there are 5 planets visible with the unaided eye: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. It's actually impossible to say who discovered Venus, since the planet has been known since before recorded history.
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www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/venus/who-discover...
www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/venus/who-discovered-venus/
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Venus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Venus is the second-closest planet to the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in th...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus
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There is no single person who is credited with the discovery of Venus. Venus is the brightest of the five planets that can be seen in the night sky without the use of a telescope or binoculars. Since Venus is so bright and noticable in the sky, it was probably seen by the first groups of humans.
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As one of the brightest objects in the sky, Venus has been known since prehistoric times and as such has gained an entrenched position in human culture. It is described in Babylonian cuneiformic texts such as the Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa,...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080220104...
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No one knows who really discovered Venus, since it is so obvious in the sky. However, much has been discovered about Venus in the past century. Robert Richardson noticed that Venus rotates "backwards". In other words, on Venus the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east.
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www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/venus/discovery.html
www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/venus/discovery.html
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