Galileo: Discovering Jupiter's Moons

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WGBH Educational Foundation

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Science and Technology

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Teachers Domain

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Teachers' Domain

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Primary, Secondary

Abstract:

This video segment adapted from NOVA shows how Galileo, using his newly developed refracting telescope, observed four of Jupiter's moons, the first astronomical bodies to be discovered since ancient times.

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Learning Module

Languages:

English

Material Type:

Activities and Labs, Curriculum Standards

Media Format:

Video

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2006, 2002 WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved. A NOVA Production by Green Umbrella, LTD for WGBH/Boston in association with Channel 4. Still images courtesy of History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries, Galileo Manuscript, Special Collections Library, University of Michigan, Calvin College Observatory and NASA/JPL-Caltech.