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Babylonians
The ancient babylonians studyed astronomy long ago, they discovered mars and named it Nergal after a hero, the king of conflicts. -
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Ancient Egyptians
The Egyptians noticed the bright planets in the sky. They named mars Har Decher, the Red one -
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Greeks and Romans
The Greeks named mars Ares, because that was there god of war, while Romans just called Mars, Mars. -
Apr 26, 1550
Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe was a Danish astronomer who made great observations of Mars, before the telecscope was even invented -
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei was an astronomer who used to telescope to observe Mars, Galileo became the first person to use telescopes for astronomical purposes. -
Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens was a Dutch astronomer. He drew Mars with his telescope. He noticed a dark spot on the red planet. -
Giovanni Cassini
He observed Mars in a rotation -
Giancomo Miraldi
Giancomo Miraldi observed the white spots at the poles of Mars, and discovers the southern pole is not centered on the rotational pole. -
Mars in opposition
Mars is closer to earth, than it would be in the year 2003. This caused people to panic because of the brightness in the sky. -
William Herschel
The British astronomer looked at Mars with his telescope and believed that all planets had life. -
Honore Flaugergues
Honore Flaugergues was a French Astronomer. He observed yellow clouds which turned out to be dust clouds -
William Whewell
Says Mars has green seas, and red lands. He still wonders if there is life -
Richard Anthony
Richard Anthony creates a map of Mars and publishes it with continents and oceans. -
Asaph Hall
Discovered Phobos and Deimos, the moons of the red planet. -
Percival Lowell
Published Mars
