How Did Galileo Come True

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Galileo was born Pisa, Italy 1564. Galileo believed theearth spun around the sun. He also believed the universe rotatedaround the sun. He also believed that no matter what the mass oftwo objects where they would still hit the ground at the sametime.As proven the theory was correct. His greatest inventionwas the telescope. He also believed that the moon rotates aroundthe earth. Just like jupiter and its own moon(s). Galileo studied the moon and stars for many years.Everybody thought that Galileo was crazy. Even wheneverybody thought Galileo was crazy he still tried his hardest toprove his theory. So I think they were trying to tell us that evenwhen everyone was doubting you just put your mind to it and itwill come true. The last 9 years of his

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