Re: CHAT: Visible planets (was: Corpses)
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, November 10, 2003, 14:45 |
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On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 05:14:02AM -0800, Costentin Cornomorus wrote:
> --- Isidora Zamora <isidora@...> wrote:
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> > Now, I've got one more question...Is there any difficulty in
> > identifying the Morning Star and the Evening Star with each
> > other. Are they very likely to think that they are two separate
> > bodies rather than one?
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> They're the same! Venus either rises before the
> Sun or sets just after.
[snip]
The point is that because it appears at two separate times of the day,
many ancient peoples regarded it as two separate bodies.
T
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