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Aboriginal Traditions Describe the Complex Motions of Planets, the ‘wandering Stars’ of the Sky
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Aboriginal Traditions Describe the Complex Motions of Planets, the ‘wandering Stars’ of the Sky
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'The five planets we can see by naked eye were known to the ancient Greeks as “asteres planetai”, meaning “wandering stars”, due to their wandering journey across the sky relative to the fixed stars. This is where we get the word “planet”.' (Introduction)
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