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=Galileo: =

Galileo is a famous astrologer, physicist, and many other professions, that lived during the 17th century. He is well known for many discovering that he made however as an astronomer he made discoveries so huge that they went against the science of the havens that has been taught for 2,000 years. Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, believed that the earth is in the center of the universe and that everything else in space revolved around it. That teaching had been adopted by the Roman Catholic Church and was taught for generations, prior to Galileo as what the bible preaches. Anyone who thought something else was going against the bible, going against the church, anyone who thought something else was a heretic. Even though Galileo wasn't the first to suggest a different perspective of the universe, his voice had been the loudest, and he was the first person not to get silenced, murdered or having to keep the idea a secret, for thinking what he thought.  Even before looking through a telescope Galileo had his suspicions that Aristotle’s view of the universe had its flaws. Looking through his telescope confirmed his suspicions, and even showed more prove that Aristotle had been wrong. Galileo found data proving that the Earth isn’t the center of the universe, but that it revolves around the sun. Unfortunately going against Aristotle’s ideas meant going against the church, and Galileo was pronounced a heretic. Galileo was very offended by this; he was a very proud member of the church. He believed that he wasn’t going against the church by stating what is already there. But even with all the evidence that Galileo had, people refused to even consider that he might be correct. Most even refused to look at his data for fear that he might actually be correct! Galileo was convicted of being a heretic and was to be put on house arrest in his house in Florence. He was to be grateful for that forgiving punishment; it was only his powerful connections that saved him from the death penalty. Even under house arrest Galileo never ended his quest for the truth, and made many new scientific findings. On January 8, 1642 Galileo died, but not without leaving his mark.

Moon Observations:  

 Aristolole thought that the unevrse was perfect but crators on the moon moved people one step fowards towards believeing that he was wrong. Acording to Aristotole the universe and thus a star, that is what they thought the moon was back then, like the moon is also perfect. Discovering that the moon's surface is not smoth and perfect, but filled with creators mountains and vallies, like our own planet helped prove Aristotole's theory wrong. and moved people one step fowards towards accepting Gallileo's theory.

 Jupiter and it's moons:

  You can that Jupiter's moons appear to have shifted or moved around Jupiter.

  Aristotle believed that everything moved around the earth. However Galileo found that Jupiter has moons going around it proving that not everything goes around earth. So with this finding Galileo disproved Aristotle, and the church's view of the heavens once again.

Saturn's rings:

  Gallileo was the very first person to discover Saturn's Rings through his

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Just like Copernicus, Galileo believed that the phases of the moon and of Venus were caused by the sun and our orbit around it. If Earth orbits the sun then it is not the center of the universe like the church thought.

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">When people saw the sunspots they assumed that the spots were other planets that were orbiting the sun. However Galileo proved them wrong yet again. he drew the spots on separate pages, and when you flipped through the pages it looked the sun was spinning. Aristotle had thought that the world was perfect, but spots on a sun is not perfect.

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