• Question: Which was the first ever planet to be discovered?

    Asked by Kayleighjw to Ellen, Elliot, Hazel, Rupesh, Thomas on 21 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Thomas Biggans

      Thomas Biggans answered on 21 Jun 2016:

      We’re not sure which one was discovered first because you can see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope so mankind has kind of always known they were there. So I can narrow down to one of those five, its more likely to be Venus because it is the brightest of the planets as viewed from Earth or maybe Mercury because you can see mercury cross infront of the sun.

    • Photo: Rupesh Paudyal

      Rupesh Paudyal answered on 21 Jun 2016:

      Thomas certainly has narrowed it down.

      The first planet discovered by humans was the Earth since we are living on it. lol

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