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How did the ancients know that planets were significant?

Anyone can understand the sun and moon obviously but if you're a Bronze Age dude why are you going to gaze in the night sky and realize that Mars/Venus/Jupiter/Saturn are a big fucking deal compared to the other million pinpricks of light?

>> No.8278509

>>8278502
because all the other million pinpricks of light move together, rotating about a single point, while the planets (they could only see 5 of them) took their own paths, separate from the others, hence the name planet, which derives from the Greek word for "wanderer"

I'm sure the first result on google would have told you this though

>> No.8278531

>>8278509
Wrong

>> No.8278543

>>8278502
They move, numbnuts.

>> No.8278556

they had absolutely nothing else to do but look at the sky or fuck everything that moves

and eventually even cavepeople probably got tired of fucking everything that moves

>> No.8278560

>>8278556
>got tired of fucking everything that moves
For someone posting on 4chan you should know better.

>> No.8278608

>>8278531

troll

>> No.8280228

>>8278509
Why refer everyone to Google on a forum built for talking to other people?
Don't be dick.

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8280259

>>8280228
>talking to other people