He is known, among other things, for his experiments with pendulums and with falling bodies, for his discussion of 126 arguments concerning the motion of the Earth, and for introducing the current scheme of lunar nomenclature.
除其他方面的事情外，最出名是他的钟摆与落体实验、有关126条地球运动论据的论述以及引入了现行月球的命名方案。