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Galileo Wasn't First to Map the Moon by Telescope
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Date: 2009-01-15 11:23:46 Member: Richard Persen Category: Educational Discipline: Astronomy & Planetary Science Link: |
http://news.aol.com/article/old-moon-map-corrects-history/307394?icid=100214839x1216674661x1201109703
Galileo Galilei is often credited with being the first person to look through a telescope and make drawings of the celestial objects he observed. While the Italian indeed was a pioneer in this realm, he was not the first.
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by Robert Baddeley
1115 days ago |
Good find, I had no idea that Galileo wasn't the first, though that certainly doesn't change the many other amazing discoveries he made during his life. |
