Recreating Galileo's Greatest Discovery Part 3 of 3

This month's classroom program features Bob Lambert's presentation "Recreating Galileo's Greatest Discovey: Jupiter's Moons".

In 1610 Galileo discovered 4 giant objects orbiting Jupiter with his small telescope, and in a few short weeks calculated their orbital periods and their relationships with each other. This incredible discovery helped prove the correctness of Copernicus' theory that the sun was the center of the solar system. Now, 400 years later, we are able to recreate exactly what Galileo REALLY was looking at each night in Padua Italy, and compare that with his actual sketches. Surprises are in store in this fascinating reenactment made possible by modern celestial simulators. Come join the adventure!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Astronomy
• Space
• McCarthy
• Observatory
• Galileo
• telescope