The article reconstructs the path that led Galileo to the discovery of Jupiter's satellites, taking into consideration a series of documents, often overlooked by historians, that prove essential to understanding when exactly he realised that he had discovered four new celestial bodies revolving around Jupiter that no one had ever observed before.
Bucciantini, M., Camerota, M., Giudice, F. S., Envelopes and satellites: Galilei's first notes on Jupiter's moons, <<QUADERNI DI STORIA DELLA FISICA>>, 2013; 18 (1): 51-67. [doi:10.1393/qsf/i2013-10037-y] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/231407]
Envelopes and satellites: Galilei's first notes on Jupiter's moons
Giudice, Franco Salvatore
2013
Abstract
The article reconstructs the path that led Galileo to the discovery of Jupiter's satellites, taking into consideration a series of documents, often overlooked by historians, that prove essential to understanding when exactly he realised that he had discovered four new celestial bodies revolving around Jupiter that no one had ever observed before.File in questo prodotto:
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