GEO 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Libration, Galilean Moons, Heliocentrism
23 Dec 2017
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In 1610, he discovered the 4 largest moons of jupiter using a small telescope. He deduced from the apparent movements of the moons that they orbited jupiter. He recorded the positions of several bright stars near jupiter. Whereas all other stars had fixed positions, these points of light remained close to. In 1616, the catholic church condemned . When he later publicly defended his views, he was tried by the roman inquisition & He was forced to recant his views & spent the rest of his life under house arrest. It took nearly 400 years for galileo to be rehabilitated . In 1979, pope john paul ii called for theologians, scholars, & historians to re-examine his case, & in 1992, the pope publically endorsed galileo"s philosophy. The voyager spacecraft photographed the moons during the jupiter flyby. Most of what we know about the moons comes from the . The mission almost failed shortly after launched.
