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Who Discovered the Constellation Aries?

 

The constellation Aries is one of the constellation of the Zodiac and its name is taken from the latin word for Ram. This constellation has been known at least from the Ancient Greek which have seen in the brightest stars of this constellation a ram lying down with its head turned to the right.

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http://www.nightskyinfo.com/constellations/aries/

 

http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/Wingmakers/universe/constellations/Aries.html

 

 

"Aries was probably first added to the zodiac by the Babylonians when the constellation marked the position of the vernal equinox during the period between 1800 BC and AD 1."

ref: http://starryskies.com/The_sky/constellations/aries.html