(thing) by bigmouth_strikes Tue Sep 05 2000 at 10:48:59

The Galeleian Moons are the four largest moons of Jupiter, and they were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610 (!). It was the first discovery of a center of motion not apparently centered on the Earth. It was a major point in favor of Copernicus's heliocentric theory of the motions of the planets; Galileo's outspoken support of the Copernican theory got him arrested by the Inquisition. The moons are

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