What did Galileo have to say about the composition of the Moon and Sun?
a) Galileo’s telescope showed him the mountainous terrain on the Moon and sunspots on the Sun, convincing him that neither could be made of the unchanging “ether” proposed by the ancients.
b) Galileo’s observations of the surface of the Moon and Sun led him to conclude that the “ether” described by Aristotle was in fact there, though in a slightly different form than Aristotle envisioned.
Consider This: What did Galileo later see with his more powerful telescopes? See 3.6: Narrative: The Starry Messenger.
c) Galileo wrote relatively little on the Sun and Moon, mainly because he was more interested in Saturn and Jupiter, which had not been studied extensively at that point.
Consider This: What did Galileo later see with his more powerful telescopes? See 3.6: Narrative: The Starry Messenger.
d) Galileo was more interested in the Milky Way than the Sun and Moon, but kept his research very quiet since it was controversial.
Consider This: What did Galileo later see with his more powerful telescopes? See 3.6: Narrative: The Starry Messenger.
a) Galileo’s telescope showed him the mountainous terrain on the Moon and sunspots on the Sun, convincing him that neither could be made of the unchanging “ether” proposed by the ancients.
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