Youll probably have noticed a lot of them are inspired by Greek and Roman mythology.

Persian astronomy names. The rise of Persia under Cyrus the Great saw a change in the direction of the history of astronomy as two sophisticated civilizations met. By using Belly Ballot you accept our use of cookies. Of Higher Birth Order.

Azophi Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi - Persian astronomer who was the first known to observe the Andromeda galaxy Cassini Giovanni - Italian astronomer who discovered four of Saturns moons Christiaan Huygens - made the first observations of Saturns rings Copernicus Nicolaus - Polish astronomer who proposed that the Earth revolved around the sun. One of the brightest stars in the sky. The name is derived from the Middle Persian term zih or zīg meaning cord.

Nowhere in the Gathas of Zoroaster or the Old Persian inscriptions of the Achaemenids are even individual stars mentioned. A stone that is precious treasured priceless immeasurable and rare. Perhaps the most famous of his victories was beheading the gorgon Medusa and then gifting her head to Athena.

The names of the four Royal Stars which were standing guard at the equinoxes and solstices still resembles the modern ones. Name of a stone. The first major Muslim work of astronomy was Zij al-Sindhind by Persian mathematician al-Khwarizmi in 830.

Each arc contains a named group of stars called a named constellation or group of prominent stars. Common names like Darius Cyrus and Xerxes represent the greatest kings while Yasmin and Esther the beauty of nature. Perseus was a godly hero in Greek legends he was one of Zeus sons.

An Arabic and Persian name that means level Girls. The twelve constellations dwazdah-akhtaran together make up the Zoroastrian and other zodiac Middle Persian dwazdahan Modern Persian زودیاک zudik. One of the principal stars in Mesopotamian religion and astronomy was Venus personified by the goddess Ishtar in Babylonia and Assyria Astarte in Phoenicia Athtar in Arabia Astar in Abyssinia now Ethiopia and Ashtart in Canaan and Israel Persian world Setareh comes from the same origin.