Today in History With Alfher

Galileo and the Moons of Jupiter


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The Jovian moons were discovered, and Galileo got the coveted seat on the Medicean court.


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Sources:

Baalke, Ron. “Discovery of the Galilean Satellites.” www2.jpl.nasa.gov. Accessed January 7, 2024. https://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/ganymede/discovery.html#:~:text=Galileo%20first%20observed%20the%20moons.

Cox, Lauren. “Who Invented the Telescope?” Space.com, December 21, 2017. https://www.space.com/21950-who-invented-the-telescope.html.

GINGERICH, OWEN. “Galileo, the Impact of the Telescope, and the Birth of Modern Astronomy.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 155, no. 2 (2011): 134–41. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23056830.

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