Jupiter and Saturn !.

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"Sunday is still named for the Sun, Monday for the Moon, Tuesday for Mars, Wednesday for Mercury, Thursday for Jupiter, Friday for Venus, and Saturday for Saturn".

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Humankind has recognized both Jupiter and Saturn as planets since antiquity. Jupiter, in particular, was revered as a large and important planet by ancient peoples.This recognition shows an amazing unity of perception:

Imagine how long and diligently one would have to study the night sky to recognize and track the planets, especially with no telescope, and to understand that Jupiter was larger than Saturn. The ancient Egyptians (3100 to 332 B.C.E.) believed that Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were all forms of their god Horus, a god with a man’s body and a falcon’s head.The Babylonians (1795 to 1595 B.C.E., and 612 to 538 B.C.E., in and around modern-day Iraq), for their part, thought of Jupiter as their god Marduk.

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