LotR -- Book 2 - Chapter 03 - The Ring goes South - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-03-2006, 10:53 AM

As far as I know, only stars are mentioned in Middle-earth, though some of them may correspond with planets. Eärendil is the best example that occurs to me - he and his ship were set in the sky as the Morning Star. The morning/evening star of our world is Venus, a planet, as we know nowadays. But in the far past, people could not explain why there were some stars that came and went, since they had no concept of planets.

There may be references in HoME of which I am not aware. Does anyone else know anything about planets on Middle-earth?

06-03-2006, 10:53 AM	#26
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	As far as I know, only stars are mentioned in Middle-earth, though some of them may correspond with planets. Eärendil is the best example that occurs to me - he and his ship were set in the sky as the Morning Star. The morning/evening star of our world is Venus, a planet, as we know nowadays. But in the far past, people could not explain why there were some stars that came and went, since they had no concept of planets. There may be references in HoME of which I am not aware. Does anyone else know anything about planets on Middle-earth? __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'