Galileo

Galileo Galilei Born 1564 in Pisa, Italy Inventor & scientist Discovered the pendulum (later used in clocks) Father of Science

Pisa Italy Red Line around Italy is animated to appear on mouse click. Point out London (England), Paris (France), Holland (where the Dutch people live), Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Africa red star is: Pisa, Italy (where Galileo was born)

Galileo’s Telescope Not the first to invent the telescope (1608) Improved the telescope so that his magnified 20x’s more First to use the telescope to study the skies

Galileo’s Telescope In 1610, writings described the celestial sights he saw with his new telescope Observations included: Spots on the Sun Craters on the moon Milky Way was composed of stars Phases of Venus Moons of Jupiter

Galileo’s Ideas Observed the sun same time every day and charted sun spots Evidence that proved the Earth revolves around the Sun and was not the center of the universe Ideas thought to go against the teachings of the Bible

Catholic Church Galileo found guilty of breaching the Inquisition (church court) in 1616 and sentenced to lifelong imprisonment Allowed house arrest rather than imprisonment until his death in 1642.

Galileo Mission 1989, NASA launched spacecraft “Galileo” to study Jupiter. Galileo arrived at Jupiter in December 1995. In 1992, the Vatican formally and publicly cleared Galileo of any wrongdoing.