[DOC] [TLE] Galileo's Moon- Then and Now - The Galileo Project - Rice University [PAR] When Galileo first turned his telescope to the moon, he had no idea that he was 
about to ... light differently than other parts-- the surface itself was perfectly 
smooth. ... However, in November 1609 Galileo pointed his improved telescope 
with 20x ... the moon did not give solid proof of Copernicus' theory, but his 
observations... [DOC] [TLE] Galileo Galilei - StarChild - NASA [PAR] Galileo discovered four of Jupiter's moons almost four hundred years ago. ... In 
1609, Galileo heard about the invention of the spyglass, a device which ... He 
found that the Moon was not smooth, but mountainous and pitted - just like the 
Earth! [DOC] [TLE] Galileo and the Telescope - Australia Telescope National Facility [PAR] Galileo Galilei did not invent the telescope but was the first to use it systematically 
to observe celestial objects and record his discoveries. ... The earliest known 
sketch of a telescope, August 1609. ... He found the "surface of the moon to be 
not smooth, even and perfectly spherical,...,but on the contrary, to be uneven, 
rough,... [DOC] [TLE] Starry Messenger: Galileo and Sidereus Nuncius [PAR] Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) published Sidereus Nuncius, or the 'Starry 
Messenger' in 1610. ... particularly, his discovery and observations of four 
satellites around Jupiter. ... surface of the moon was not smooth and perfectly 
spherical, but was pitted ... In August 1609, in a bid to improve his position at the 
University of Padua,... [DOC] [TLE] Scientist Report by Bronx Holbrook on Prezi [PAR] In 1609 Galileo built his first telescope, improving upon a Dutch design. In 
January of 1610 he discovered four new stars orbiting Jupiterthe planet's ... 
which also contained observations of the moon's surface and descriptions of a ... 
He found that the Moon was not smooth, but mountainous and pitted - just like the 
Earth! [DOC] [TLE] Copernicus, Nicolaus - kkirsch [PAR] But Copernicus's ideas about the roles of the sun and planets were ... In 1609, 
Galileo made the first effective use of the refracting telescope to discover ... 
Galileo's first discovery was that the moon is not perfectly smooth, as Aristotle and 
Ptolemy had thought. Instead, the moon was mountainous and pitted, much like 
Earth. [DOC] [TLE] Galileo and the Concept of Inertia - knoMi [PAR] He began seriously observing the planet in 1609. ... On January 10, 1610 Galileo 
discovered another one of Jupiter's moons. Galileo ... Through the telescope, 
Galileo observed that the surface of the moon appeared pitted with craters. .... 
Showing that the Moon was not smooth, as had been assumed, but was covered 
by... [DOC] [TLE] Galileo The Astronomer, The Christian - eNews for August 16, 2011 [PAR] Aug 16, 2011 ... He had some mathematical barriers in the way, but he made use of complicated 
... Yet, in 1609, Galileo made eight important discoveries, many of which he ... -
The moon was not a smooth surface made of a celestial substance as .... 
Galileo's trials were therefore not the pitting of religion against science, but... [DOC] [TLE] The Telescope and Galileo - Springer [PAR] But it was not until the middle of the seventeenth century, even in the most ... of 
astronomers such as Copernicus and Galileo, it is useful to con- ceive of the... [DOC] [TLE] 21 The first edition of Galileo Galilei's Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno ... [PAR] work was lawfully published in 1632, but the following year Galileo ... Simon 
Marius claimed to have discovered the moons of Jupiter ... Voegelinus, 1609) ... 
not known on Earth, and travel about easily with the aid of feathered fans. ... 
Galileo's observation that its surface was pitted and mountainous rather than 
smooth. 34. [DOC] [TLE] How they make me suffer... - Exhibits on-line - Institute and Museum ... [PAR] Astronomical discoveries and return to Florence (1609-1610). 33. At Padua 
Galileo built his first telescope and observed the heavenly bodies. ... publication 
of his writings was

Question: Galileo's first discovery in 1609 was that the surface of this is not smooth, but pitted
Answer: Moon