AS101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Hans Lippershey, Deferent And Epicycle
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We won"t go into the details of galileo"s work to dispel the remaining objections to kepler"s work they are detailed in the text very well. Among galileo"s great contributions to modern science was his development called the telescope (hans. Lippershey actually invented the telescope but only as a toy). He used the telescope for the first time in 1609-10 (thus, 2009 marked the 400th anniversary of galileo"s first use of the telescope and that is why 2009 was the. Although galileo was not the first to look at the sky using a telescope he was the one who used the telescope to open the heavens to mankind. Galileo observed more stars in the milky way than could be counted, four moons orbiting jupiter, phases of. When he observed the irregular surface of the moon he proved to himself, at least, that it was not perfect, as the church had been teaching.
