NATS 1730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sidereus Nuncius, Planetshine, The The
11 Feb 2017
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Eventually, galileo turned the telescope eventually, galileo turned the telescope on the heavens to see if they would look on the heavens to see if they would look different. different. To his amazement, they did, and he saw to his amazement, they did, and he saw many things he could not see before. many things he could not see before. In 1610, galileo wrote and published a in 1610, galileo wrote and published a short pamphlet called short pamphlet called siderius siderius nuncius nuncius (the starry messenger) (the. Starry messenger) in which he in which he reported his amazing findings. reported his amazing findings. Galileo found that galileo found that the moon was not a the moon was not a smooth, perfect smooth, perfect sphere, but had an sphere, but had an uneven surface. uneven surface. Mountains as large mountains as large as the largest on as the largest on earth (that galileo.
