Galileo and The Telescope

NAME: Gibertas, Nerchel Angel B.
GRADE & SECTION: 11-Abigail-D
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei or commonly known as Galileo Galilei. Galileo
was a thinker who is deeply immersed in the wonders of the world. He lived as an Italian
philosopher, an astronomer, a mathematician, and the one who developed the scientific method.
Also, he is regarded as the “Father of Modern Science”. Throughout his years, he made
remarkable discoveries and teachings that contributed in our understanding in different fields of
subject.
A German Dutch, Hans Lippershey, is the inventor of the first telescope that was
originally designed for earth bound tasks like surveying the military strategies. But Galileo
greatly enhanced its capabilities and became the first to use the invention in observing the
cosmos. Upon studying the space, he recorded his discoveries into a book called “Sidereus
Nuncius” or “The Starry Messenger” which was first published in 1610. One of Galileo’s
discoveries was the surface of the moon. He concluded that our moon is not a perfect sphere, it
has a rough surface, it contains mountains and valleys just like earth. This contradicts the
geocentric model or the Ptolemaic model which states that the cosmos is perfect and
unchanging. Galileo was also able to measure the heights of the mountains in moon by
measuring their shadows and using geometry. Then, he discovered four (4) large moons of
Jupiter. Also referred as the Galilean satellites; Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. He studied
its movement and eventually proved that they revolved around Jupiter. Which impacts the
geocentric view of the universe, which stated that all celestial bodies rotate around earth. In
addition, by observing Venus through his telescope, Galileo noticed that Venus went through
phases, similar to the phases of our Moon. This phenomenon could only be explained if Venus
orbited the Sun. This supported the heliocentric model proposed earlier by Copernicus. He
discovered more throughout his years including the sunspots, rings of Saturn, and the stars in
the milky way providing more evidence against the geocentric model.
Although Galileo was not the inventor of the telescope, he turned the equipment into an
important tool for understanding the universe we live in. Galileo's discoveries laid the foundation
for the modern understanding of the solar system and our place within it. His works challenges
traditional beliefs that resulted and created vast changes. By looking through his telescope, he
altered our perception of the cosmos and paved the way for the scientific revolution of the 17th
century.
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Galileo and the Telescope. (n.d.). Retrieved from
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Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei or commonly known as Galileo Galilei. Galileo
was a thinker who is deeply immersed in the wonders of the world. Galileo
greatly enhanced the capabilities of the telescope and became the first to use the
invention in observing the cosmos. Upon studying the space, he recorded his
discoveries into a book called “Sidereus Nuncius” or “The Starry Messenger”
which was first published in 1610. He discovered the true surface of the moon,
the four moon of Jupiter, phases of Venus, the sunspots, rings of Saturn, and
many stars in the milky way. Galileo's discoveries laid the foundation for the
modern understanding of the solar system and our place within it. His works
challenges traditional beliefs that resulted and created vast changes.

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NAME: Gibertas, Nerchel Angel B.

GRADE & SECTION: 11-Abigail-D

Library of Congress. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.loc.gov/collections/finding-our-

Galileo and the Telescope. (n.d.). Retrieved from

discoveries into a book called “Sidereus Nuncius” or “The Starry Messenger”

challenges traditional beliefs that resulted and created vast changes.

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