Which came first? · Counterintuitive
Which came first: Euro notes and coins or the first planet of a Sun-like star?
The first planet of a Sun-like star came first, in 1995 (discovered). Euro notes and coins followed 7 years later, in 2002 (first used).
- Second2002
Euro notes and coins
currency · first usedEuro notes and coins only came into use in 2002; for its first three years the euro was an invisible, accounting-only currency.
- First1995
The first planet of a Sun-like star
planet · discovered51 Pegasi b, detected in 1995, was the first planet found orbiting a star like the Sun.
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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.