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    Observation: of The Phases of Venus Proved That It Traveled Round The Sun

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    Observation of the phases of Venus proved that it traveled round the Sun Galileo observed three objects next to Jupiter that would disappear and reappear, always accompanying Jupiter, proving that Jupiter had four moons. In the autumn, using his telescope Galileo observed phases in Venus like the Moon, proving that Venus must orbit the Sun. This discovery astounded Europe and went against Aristotelian beliefs, though some prominent astronomers denied Galileo's observations.

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    Observation of the phases of Venus proved that it traveled round the Sun Galileo observed three objects next to Jupiter that would disappear and reappear, always accompanying Jupiter, proving that Jupiter had four moons. In the autumn, using his telescope Galileo observed phases in Venus like the Moon, proving that Venus must orbit the Sun. This discovery astounded Europe and went against Aristotelian beliefs, though some prominent astronomers denied Galileo's observations.

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    Observation of the phases of Venus proved that it traveled round the Sun Galileo observed three objects next to Jupiter that would disappear and reappear, always accompanying Jupiter, proving that Jupiter had four moons. In the autumn, using his telescope Galileo observed phases in Venus like the Moon, proving that Venus must orbit the Sun. This discovery astounded Europe and went against Aristotelian beliefs, though some prominent astronomers denied Galileo's observations.

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    Observation of the phases of Venus proved that it traveled round the Sun

    Among the new worlds revealed by his telescope, Galileo noticed three
    next to the planet Jupiter. Over some weeks he followed them, soon
    adding a fourth, and saw that they now disappeared, then reappeared,
    always accompanying Jupiter on its path across the sky. Until then it
    had been held against the Copernican theory that, if the Earth was
    supposed to be a planet, why should it alone have a moon going round
    it? Now Jupiter evidently had four. These discoveries were made at
    the beginning of 1610. In the autumn, the telescope showed him
    regular phases, like those of the Moon, in the planet Venus. This
    could only mean that Venus must be traveling round the Sun.
    All this astounded Europe. Kepler relates how his friend the courtier, Wackher, called to him from his carriage with the news, within a
    week of Galileo's publication of his report, The Sidereal Messenger
    (1610). The leading astronomer in Rome, the German Jesuit Christopher Clavius (1537-1612), repeated Galileo's observations, and
    confirmed them. His was the deciding voice, for many, including
    some prominent astronomers, insisted they could see nothing, and
    that Galileo was deceiving himself, or trying to deceive others. Among
    the doubters was Galileo's friend, the philosopher, Cremonini, who
    was an uncompromising Aristotelian; he told a mutual friend that
    "looking through these glasses would make me dizzy". Artists and
    writers were often Galileo's most enthusiastic supporters.
    Now Galileo was invited to be "philosopher and chief mathema Galileo's notebook
    entries for certain nights in
    1612 and 1613 relate to the
    satellites of Jupiter.
    ~ Jupiter with 10 and
    Europa. Until Galileo's
    discovery of four Jovean
    moons, opponents of the
    Sun-centered Copernican
    system could ask: if the
    Earth is a planet and not the
    center of the Universe, why
    should it alone have a moon
    going round it7
    ~ Galileo invented a
    device called a Jovilabe to
    calculate the position of
    Jupiter's satellites. The four
    largest are represented by
    the numbered circles .
    Galileo was mystified by
    Saturn's "tripte nature"
    seen in this sketch of 1612.
    The true nature of the rings,
    which his telescope was not
    powerful enough to detect,
    was revealed in 1667.

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