Friday, September 16, 2011

Who discovered the gemini constellation?

Im doing a researching project and cannot find information about who discovered the gemini constellation. If you could give need of any assistance it would be very helpful. Thank you and have a wonderful day.|||something to do with greeks and zues.|||Constellations are defined, not discovered. We get most of our constellations from the Greeks, probably including Gemini.|||I'm not surprised you couldn't find the answer. The constellations have always been there. They were named in antiquity, usually by shepherds out at night tending their sheep. They were seen as part of their myths to explain various aspects of their daily lives and observations of the Universe. The more obvious ones like Orion actually have several names, depending upon where you are in the world. The generally used names we use today are mostly Latin translations, some from ancient Greece, many from Sumeria and Arabia.|||I think it was Ugg, or maybe his brother Guun, back in 123,446 BC. (It was in July, as I recall.)|||Most of the constellations have been known since prehistoric times (which means before writing was invented in 3000 BC), so no one can say when they were discovered or by whom.

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