At the time of Galileo a Dutch inventor invented something that can look for far away objects. It was a spyglass which Galileo took and improved upon. His improved version was a telescope. According to James Owen, “..but his version boosted the viewing power to eight-times magnification(James Owen).” This shows that Galileo made the telescope stronger so people can see distant objects. His telescope was better than the ones at the time. Also Victoria Jaggard wrote, “But in the fall of 1609 Galileo turned his telescope to the heavens, setting into a new kind of science, telescope astronomy(Victoria Jaggard).” In other words people didn’t used to look at the sky very much with a telescope. Galileo’s telescope could see farther than the naked
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From what Nola Taylor Redd wrote is that, “He is perhaps most known for his discovery of the four most massive moons of Jupiter: Io, Ganymede, Europa and Callisto(Nola Taylor Redd).” What the Writer is saying is that the four biggest moons of Jupiter were discovered by Galileo. Now the moons are called Galilean moons after the person who discovered them. Also from the same writer Nola Taylor Redd, “He was the first to see craters on the moon, discover sunspots and track the phases of venus. The rings of saturn puzzled him(Nola Taylor Redd).” This quote proves that galileo made important contributions to our knowledge of the solar system. Which inspired other people to do the …show more content…
The theory is that the sun was the earth rotated around the sun instead of being the other way around. From Dejoie and Truelove, “The catholic church, which was very powerful and influential in galileo’s day, strongly supported the theory of a geocentric, or earth-centered universe(Joyce Dejoie and Elizabeth “Libby” Truelove),” What the quote is saying is that about 400 years ago people thought the earth was the center of the universe. Galileo did not agree after he looked at the sky with his telescope. Dejoie and Truelove also wrote, “In 1632, he published a book that stated, among other things, that the heliocentric theory of copernicus was correct(Joyce Dejoie and Elizabeth “Libby” Truelove).” Copernicus wrote a book that said the earth wasn’t the center of the universe but most people didn’t know about it until galileo wrote a book stating the same thing. He gave evidence with the new discoveries he made with his
From what Nola Taylor Redd wrote is that, “He is perhaps most known for his discovery of the four most massive moons of Jupiter: Io, Ganymede, Europa and Callisto(Nola Taylor Redd).” What the Writer is saying is that the four biggest moons of Jupiter were discovered by Galileo. Now the moons are called Galilean moons after the person who discovered them. Also from the same writer Nola Taylor Redd, “He was the first to see craters on the moon, discover sunspots and track the phases of venus. The rings of saturn puzzled him(Nola Taylor Redd).” This quote proves that galileo made important contributions to our knowledge of the solar system. Which inspired other people to do the …show more content…
The theory is that the sun was the earth rotated around the sun instead of being the other way around. From Dejoie and Truelove, “The catholic church, which was very powerful and influential in galileo’s day, strongly supported the theory of a geocentric, or earth-centered universe(Joyce Dejoie and Elizabeth “Libby” Truelove),” What the quote is saying is that about 400 years ago people thought the earth was the center of the universe. Galileo did not agree after he looked at the sky with his telescope. Dejoie and Truelove also wrote, “In 1632, he published a book that stated, among other things, that the heliocentric theory of copernicus was correct(Joyce Dejoie and Elizabeth “Libby” Truelove).” Copernicus wrote a book that said the earth wasn’t the center of the universe but most people didn’t know about it until galileo wrote a book stating the same thing. He gave evidence with the new discoveries he made with his