Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Kupfuura: VaSumeria vekare vaidavira kuti Mars akanga ari Nergal, mwari wehondo nedenda. Mukati menguva dzevaSumeria, Nergal akanga ari mwari muduku ane revo duku, asi, mukati menguva dzapashure, nzvimbo yake huru yokunamata yakanga iri guta reNinevhe. Muzvinyorwa zveMesopotamia, Mars inonzi "nyeredzi inotonga zvinozoitika kune vakafa". Kuvapo kweMars sechinhu chinodzungaira mudenga reusiku kwakanyorwa nenyanzvi dzenyeredzi dzeEgipita yekare uye, pakasvika 1534 B.C.E., vakanga vava kuziva kufamba kunodzokera shure kwepasi. Pakazosvika nguva yoUmambo Hutsva hweBhabhironi, vazivi venyeredzi veBhabhironi vakanga vachinyora zvinyorwa zvenguva dzose zvomugariro wamapuraneti nokucherechedza kwakarongeka kwomufambiro wawo. NezveMars, vaiziva kuti nyika yacho yaiita nguva 37 dzomutambo, kana kuti kutenderera 42 kwezodhiac, makore 79 ari ose. Vakagadzira nzira dzokuverenga nadzo kuti vagadzirise zvishoma zvavaifungidzira kuti mapuraneti angava akaita sei. MuchiGiriki chekare, nyika iyi yaizivikanwa se Πυρόεις. Muzana remakore rechina B.C.E., Aristotle akacherechedza kuti Mars yakanyangarika shure kweMwedzi panguva yokuvhara, zvichiratidza kuti nyika yacho yaiva kure. Ptolemy, muGiriki aigara muAlexandria, akaedza kugadzirisa chinetso chokufamba kweMars ichitenderera pasi. Muenzaniso waPtolemy nebasa rake rose pakuongorora nyeredzi zvakaratidzwa muunganidzwa wemavhoriyamu akawanda weAlmagest, uyo wakava bhuku rine chiremera pakuongorora nyeredzi dzokuMadokero kwemazana emakore gumi nemana akatevera. Mabhuku anobva kuChina yekare anosimbisa kuti Mars yakanga ichizivikanwa navaongorori venyeredzi veChina kwete pashure pezana ramakore rechina B.C.E. Muzana remakore rechishanu C.E., bhuku reIndia renyanzvi dzomuchadenga rinonzi Surya Siddhanta rakafungidzira dhayamita yeMars. Mutsika dzokuEast Asia, Mars inowanzonzi "nyeredzi yomoto" (Chinese: 火星), zvichibva pazvinhu zvishanu. Mukati mezana ramakore rechigumi nemanomwe, Tycho Brahe akayera parallax yezuva nezuva yeMars iyo Johannes Kepler akashandisa kuita kuverenga kwekutanga kwehurefu hune hukama nepasi. Apo teresikopu yakava inowanika, parallax yezuva nezuva yeMars yakayerwazve mukuedza kuziva...  Mubvunzo: Cassini yakatanga kuita izvi mugore ripi?
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