Question

When the ancient Greeks looked at the night sky they noticed that some points of light seem to "wander" in the sky.

Which term do we use for these wanderers today?



A.
stars


B.
nebulae


C.
planets


D.
moons

Answer 1

The answer is C. Planets.

The word "planetes" in Ancient Greek means "the wanderer". This is also where we got the term planets. During the Hellenic period, the celestial objects that they referred to as "the wanderers," were the sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.