Galileo Galilei

Publicized the use of the

Telescope
• One of the 1st people to make quality
telescopes (32x)
• Made and Sold telescopes across
Europe spreading their use, and
inspiring other astronomers.
 Galileo’s Discoveries
• Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
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• Saturn’s rings (He didn’t know what
they were)
• Phases of Venus.
• Sun spots.
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 Heliocentric view of the
Universe
• Observed that Venus has phases
• Observed that Copernicus’ model
was more effective.
• Actively proposed Copernicus’
heliocentric model as a real life
alternative to the church’s model.
 Direct Challenges to the
church
• Openly challenged the Geocentric
view of the universe.
• Phases of Venus.
• Jovian satellites orbit Jupiter not
Earth.
• Recognised the existence of Sun
Spots.
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Galileo’s overall contribution to
astronomy, science and culture
• Set a bench mark for others to
question church teachings.
• Began to increase use of telescopes
for astronomy.
• Made major discoveries in astronomy.
Galileo’s overall contribution to
astronomy, science and culture
•O p e n e d u p a rift o f
m istru st b e tw e e n
so m e a re a s o f S cie n ce
a n d R e lig io n .
•C h a lle n g e d th e id e a o f
p e rfe ct h e a ve n ly
b o d ie s.
•In ve n te d th e G a lile o
th e rm o m e te r.
•S cie n ce ce le b ra to ry !
 References
• Image 1 :
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011014.ht
• Image 2 :
http://www.telescope1609.com/Galileo.htm
• Image 3 :
http://www.telescope1609.com/Galileo.htm
• Image 4 :
http://www.telescope1609.com/Galileo.ht
m
• Image 5 :
http://www.astro.su.se/~alexis/astrophoto.
eng.html
• Image 6 : http://www.astro.su.se/~alexis/astroph
• Image 7 : http://www.dzwholesale.com/Galileo_T