Who discovered aurora borealis?

Answer 1

There has been much debate about who discovered the auroras, but ancient Chinese and Greek people have been studying these natural wonders for years, and the ancient Eskimos and Scandinavians have been known to reference them as early as 700 AD. The person that actually brought everyone's attention to the auroras was Benjamin Franklin, even though a French astronomer Pierre Gassedni was credited for given the name of the aurora borealis (the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for north wind, Boreas) in 1612.

Answer 2

Auroras were not discovered by a single person, as many cultures have observed and documented these natural phenomena throughout history. However, the term "aurora borealis" was coined by Galileo Galilei in the 17th century, derived from the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas.

Answer 3

Aurora Borealis is the name of a number of separate characters in computer games, because of the feminine sound of the term. But it is simply the scientific name for the "Northern Lights", the lights in the sky around the magnetic North Pole.

It gets its name from Aurora, who was the Roman goddess of dawn, and Boreas, which was the Latin word for the North wind.

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