Envelopes and satellites: Galilei's first notes on Jupiter's moons

Massimo Bucciantini; Michele Camerota; Franco Salvatore Giudice

doi:10.1393/qsf/i2013-10037-y

Envelopes and satellites: Galilei's first notes on Jupiter's moons

Massimo Bucciantini
, Michele Camerota
, Franco Salvatore Giudice^*

^*Corresponding author

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	51-67
Number of pages	17
Journal	QUADERNI DI STORIA DELLA FISICA
Volume	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1393/qsf/i2013-10037-y
Publication status	Published - 2013

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telescope, Sidereus nuncius, moon, Jupiter's satellites

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